| TI Introduces New ULP Advisor Software-Analysis Tool for MSP430 Microcontrollers | | |
May 22, 2012 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) announced the ULP Advisor software code analysis tool, teaching developers how to create the most energy-efficient, ultra-low-power applications with TI's MSP430 microcontrollers. According to TI, the ULP Advisor tool is the first, true software-based, power-optimization teaching tool for microcontrollers, and brings together decades of MSP430 microcontroller and ultra-low-power development experience.
The ULP Advisor tool provides a static code analyzer that flags software code and offers ultra-low-power tips and tricks to help developers understand where to improve code, line by line, resulting in milliamps and nanoamps saved in designs for ultimate low-power performance. This hands-on teaching tool not only helps developers optimize current application code to achieve longer battery life, it also helps them avoid the same types of ultra-low-power pitfalls when designing future applications, making it an essential development tool for any MSP430-based project.
Features and benefits of ULP Advisor software code analysis tool
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Checks code against a thorough specification list of ultra-low-power best practices, flagging and itemizing each ultra-low-power-rule violation via a graphical user interface.
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Highlights areas of improvement and provides comprehensive resources on how to optimize applications for ultra-low power.
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Interactive, community-focused wiki offers information specific to each ultra-low-power rule, code examples, videos, tutorials, links to relevant technical documentation and promotes collaboration between experts and beginners where anyone can contribute ultra-low-power insight.
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Free software tool that supports all MSP430 devices and applications, integrated into TI's Eclipse-based Code Composer Studio integrated development environment (IDE) v5 and included in the latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench.
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Availability and Pricing
ULP Advisor software is available today and is included in the latest install of Code Composer Studio IDE version 5.2. Also available in the latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench for third-party IDE support. A standalone version is coming soon to support other compilers or IDEs such as open-source MSPGCC.
Go to the Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) website to find additional information.
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| Keywords: embedded system design, embedded systems, EDA, EDA tools, electronic design automation, software development tools, microcontrollers, MCUs, Texas Instruments (TI), ULP Advisor Software-Analysis Tool
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