2016 Taiwan Renesas RX231 Workshop slide

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Ziyuan Chen, Senior Applications Engineer
Getting Started with
e2Studio the New Eclipse-
based IDE from Renesas
Renesas Taiwan One-day Workshop

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Presentation Goals
 In one development, an engineer can face having to use several tools to create their embedded project
 Let’s explore what e2Studio is, what it does, and how it can!
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Agenda
 Lecture Presentation Recap
 Highlight e2Studio feature for lab use
 Start Lab work
 Q&A
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e2Studio IDE and Editor Features
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Supported Families, Compilers, and Debuggers
Supported Families
 RX, RL78, RZ/A1, RZ/T1, SH2, SH2-A.
 Supported debuggers
 Renesas E1/E20 and E2 Lite (new).
 Segger J-Link.
 IECUBE (RL78).
 3rd Party Supported Tools
 KPIT GNU Compilers.
 IAR build plugins.
 Green Hills build plugins.
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Fast Project Creation
Project Wizard Simplifies Setup
 All registered compilers appear
 3rd party project importers
 Executable only and libraries
Up-to-date device families and details
 Debugger selection
 Project/code configurations
 Compiler revision (if multiple installed)
Project Generation Add-Ins
 Firmware Integration Technology (FIT)
 Code Generator (CG)
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Renesas Code Generator Plug-in
Automatically creates sample drivers for
 Clocks
 MCU peripheral functions
 Startup code
Straightforward function selection
 Pin mapping and assignment
 CPU clock configuration
 Peripheral block setup
 Interrupt configuration
 User-area code block
Re-configurable at any time during development
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Powerful Editor Functions
Fully configurable
 Syntax Coloring
 Code Templates and formatting
 Spell Checking
Coding assistance
 Code completion
 Jump to Declare
 Hover descriptions
Usage Features
 Split file editing
 Shift-click code navigation
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Quick Project Import/Export
Wizard-based import or export existing projects
Export Highlights
 Selective inclusion of directories and source
 Integrated archiver for .ZIP or .TAR
Import Highlights
 Bring in projects from other IDEs (e.g IAR)
 RX and SH HEW project import into e2Studio
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e2Studio Debug Features
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Renesas Debug View
Controls target code execution
Standard GNU Debugger (GDB)
 Breakpoints
 Expressions
 Registers
 Memory
 Disassembly
Renesas Extensions to Standard GDB
 Eventpoints
 Trace
 Profile/Performance Analysis Views
 Visual Expressions
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Renesas Debug Basics
Controls execution of code on target
Standard IDE Debug
 Download
 Reset/Restart
 Disconnect
 Stepping
Functions available the toolbar and menu bar
 Can be remapped to alternate key strokes
 Can hide for screen ‘real estate’
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Renesas Expressions View
Monitors value of variables during debug
 Globals, statics, locals
Selectable update
 Update on execution stop
 Real-time refresh
 Update rate selectable
 Exporting expression updates to file
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Visual Expressions View
Visual representation of expressions
 Referred to as a ‘visual element’
Can be viewed used if no target connected
 Only be updated when a target is running
 State is saved upon e2Studio exit
 Must be linked to ‘Expression’ for operation
Supports background image
 Real-world application simulation e.g. Machine Front Panel
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Lab Time!!
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Your First Projects: Blink an LED from scratch
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 Create new project in e2studio
 Examine project creation features
 Explore editor features
 Build and start a debug session
 Create quick peripheral code with project generators
 Use project import features
 Implement:
 Expressions view
 MCU registers
 Even more
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Summary
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Summary
e2Studio is a highly integrated environment
 e2Studio speeds the development environment
 Functional/useful features
 1 environment not several different tools
e2Studio is user configurable
 Develop your custom environment
 Plugins
 Visual Expressions
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Questions?
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