MCUSim
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An interactive simulator for microcontrollers (MCUSim) is a set of programs
used to run ROM file which is intended to be burned into an integrated
circuit, and analyse electronic schematic built by utilizing the curcuit.
Main goal of the project is to save time debugging code for an embedded system
and provide a detailed information of the processes in the circuit under
analysis on the spot, interactively.
What to expect
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MCUSim is in the active development stage and not ready to be used by the
end-users (embedded systems engineers or programmers). It means that there is
a perfect opportunity to help the simulator grows.
These options are in development:
- AVR Simulation Core (avrsim/simcore.c)
- ATmega8A (avrsim/simm8a.c)
- ATmega328P (avrsim/simm328p.c)
- ATmega328 (avrsim/simm328.c)
Near future plan:
- ATmega48A/PA/88A/PA/168A/PA
- ATmega128/L
- IPC for avrsim
Far future plan:
- Simulation of the AVR-based schematic (using SPICE, possibly)
- Support for other popular MCUs (PIC by Microchip, 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs
by Texas Instruments)
Getting started with the simulator
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- Make sure you have installed CMake build system version 3.2 or above.
It is used to prepare makefiles (or other build files) for many platforms
and environments. Installed version can be checked by a command running
in your terminal:
cmake --version
- Any C compiler which follows ISO/IEC 9899:1990 standard (widely known
as C89, C90 or ANSI C)
- If you have all of these programs above installed, build a required part
of the simulator (let me use avrsim as an example):
cd avrsim
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
- Each part of the simulator can be configured before building.
You are perfectly able to consult with the README files placed in the
specific directories.
If something goes wrong
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- If you need any help regarding the project, please write to
Dmitry Salychev darkness.bsd<at>gmail.com or open an issue at
https://github.com/dsalychev/mcusim/issues.
- Help in any form (reporting a bug, code donation, etc.) is appreciated
a lot.