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VINCULUM-II EMBEDDED DUAL USB HOST CONTROLLER IC Datasheet
Version - 1.2
Clearance No.: FTDI# 143
8.3 Firmware – Software Development Tool Chain
The VNC2 provides customers with the opportunity to customise the firmware and perform useful tasks
without an external MCU. A Firmware application note is available to download from the FTDI website,
this give further details and operating instructions. The VNC2 Software Development tool chain consists
of the following components:
Compiler
The compiler will take high-level source code and compile it into object code or direct to
programmable code.
Linker
The linker will take object code and libraries and link the code to produce either libraries or
programmable code. It is designed to be as hardware independent as possible to allow reuse in
future hardware devices.
Debugger
The debugger allows a programmer to test code on the hardware platform using a special
communication channel to the CPU. It is also used to debug code – run, stop, single step,
breakpoints etc.
IDE
All compiler, simulator and debugger functions are integrated into a single application for
programmers. It provides a specialised text editor which is used generally used to develop
application code, debugging and simulation.
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