<s>
development	O
and	O
code	O
generation	O
tool	O
for	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAVE	B-Application
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
system	O
with	O
automatic	O
code	O
generation	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
suited	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
software	O
drivers	O
for	O
Infineon	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
and	O
aids	O
the	O
developer	O
with	O
automatically	O
created	O
C-level	O
templates	O
and	O
user-desired	O
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
releases	O
of	O
DAVE	B-Application
include	O
all	O
required	O
parts	O
to	O
develop	O
code	O
,	O
compile	O
and	O
debug	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
for	O
free	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ARM	O
GCC	O
tool	O
suite	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
several	O
low-cost	O
development	O
boards	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
get	O
involved	O
in	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
design	O
very	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
Infineon	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
products	O
also	O
more	O
useful	O
to	O
small	O
companies	O
and	O
to	O
home-use	O
/	O
DIY	O
projects	O
-	O
similar	O
to	O
established	O
products	O
of	O
Atmel	O
(	O
AVR	O
,	O
SAM	O
)	O
and	O
Microchip	O
(	O
PIC	O
,	O
PIC32	O
)	O
to	O
name	O
a	O
few	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAVE	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Infineon	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
the	O
automatic	O
code	O
generator	O
supports	O
only	O
Infineon	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
generates	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
latest	O
XMC1xxx	O
and	O
XMC4xxx	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
using	O
Cortex-M	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
free	O
DAVE	B-Application
development	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
DAVE	B-Application
SDK	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
development	O
environment	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
its	O
own	O
"	O
Apps	O
"	O
for	O
DAVE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
starting	O
DAVE	B-Application
,	O
an	O
Eclipse	O
environment	O
appears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
project	O
browser	O
,	O
a	O
standard	O
C/C	O
++	O
or	O
a	O
DAVE	B-Application
project	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
selecting	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
processors	O
of	O
Infineon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	O
code	O
generation	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
case-oriented	O
,	O
configurable	O
,	O
and	O
tested	O
SW	O
components	O
,	O
DAVE	B-Application
Apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Targets	O
are	O
XMC1xxx	O
and	O
XMC4xxx	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
using	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
,	O
the	O
actual	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
application	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
selecting	O
the	O
desired	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
source	O
files	O
will	O
be	O
generated	O
by	O
DAVE	B-Application
and	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
project	O
for	O
the	O
selected	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
where	O
one	O
can	O
continue	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
code	O
or	O
add	O
it	O
to	O
an	O
existing	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installation	O
of	O
DAVE	B-Application
and	O
DIP	O
files	O
is	O
unproblematic	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
clicks	O
after	O
downloading	O
the	O
application	O
from	O
Infineon	O
's	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
can	O
start	O
working	O
with	O
DAVE	B-Application
and	O
already	O
generate	O
example	O
code	O
without	O
reading	O
a	O
manual	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
steps	O
for	O
doing	O
so	O
are	O
pretty	O
much	O
self-explanatory	O
when	O
following	O
the	O
application	O
wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Infineon	O
provides	O
many	O
application	O
notes	O
and	O
tutorials	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
DAVE	B-Application
in	O
combination	O
with	O
different	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
and	O
development	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
interface	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
familiarize	O
oneself	O
with	O
the	O
basic	O
functionality	O
of	O
DAVE	B-Application
in	O
a	O
significantly	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
learned	O
the	O
main	O
steps	O
of	O
creating	O
an	O
embedded	O
application	O
with	O
DAVE	B-Application
the	O
application	O
development	O
can	O
be	O
performed	O
very	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
in	O
embedded	O
application	O
development	O
it	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
make	O
mistakes	O
by	O
creating	O
conflicting	O
configurations	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
assigning	O
one	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
pin	O
to	O
multiple	O
modules	O
or	O
select	O
not	O
supported	O
baud	O
rate	O
for	O
communication	O
or	O
wrong	O
operating	O
frequency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
using	O
DAVE	B-Application
these	O
conflicts	O
are	O
resolved	O
by	O
reducing	O
the	O
configuration	O
choices	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
that	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
generated	O
by	O
DAVE	B-Application
and	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
meaningful	O
embedded	O
application	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
crucial	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
generated	O
C-functions	O
and	O
the	O
targeted	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAVE	B-Application
's	O
interactive	O
user	O
interface	O
provides	O
a	O
fail-safe	O
way	O
to	O
select	O
desired	O
features	O
before	O
beginning	O
to	O
program	O
an	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
add	O
user-specific	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
automatically	O
generated	O
code	O
DAVE	B-Application
offers	O
designated	O
user	O
code	O
areas	O
(	O
marked	O
by	O
//USER	O
CODE	O
BEGIN	O
and	O
//USER	O
CODE	O
END	O
comment	O
section	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
application-specific	O
code	O
can	O
be	O
entered	O
using	O
any	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ensures	O
that	O
these	O
parts	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
overwritten	O
when	O
applying	O
further	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
configurations	O
through	O
DAVE	B-Application
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
an	O
environment	O
to	O
build	O
AddIns	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
build	O
an	O
AddIn	B-Application
for	O
DAVE	B-Application
,	O
the	O
DAVE	B-Application
Template	O
Generator	O
creates	O
a	O
template	O
for	O
an	O
AddIn	B-Application
and	O
can	O
add	O
a	O
sample	O
code	O
of	O
your	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
detailed	O
documentation	O
with	O
a	O
sample	O
project	O
being	O
installed	O
together	O
with	O
DAVE	B-Application
's	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VB	B-Application
syntax	O
is	O
not	O
hard	O
to	O
understand	O
especially	O
when	O
an	O
example	O
project	O
is	O
being	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
take	O
some	O
more	O
time	O
to	O
get	O
acquainted	O
with	O
DAVE	B-Application
's	O
SDK	B-Application
than	O
with	O
the	O
code	O
generator	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
runnable	O
AddIn	B-Application
within	O
a	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
main	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
DAVE	B-Application
,	O
Infineon	O
also	O
developed	O
additional	O
software	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
DAVE	B-Application
for	O
specific	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
families	O
or	O
additional	O
hardware	O
:	O
DAVE	B-Application
Bench	O
for	O
XC800	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
providing	O
free	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
Infineon	O
's	O
8-bit	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
family	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Eclipse	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
DAVE	B-Application
,	O
the	O
developer	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
Keil	O
Microcontroller	B-Architecture
Development	B-Application
Kit	I-Application
(	O
MDK	O
)	O
Version	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
