For many experienced users this “Quick-Start” is all you need to get started developing application is ProView. This section will give you the basics of Creating a project, Adding the sources, Building the project, and Debugging the program. We will use the HELLO example program located in \FSI\EXAMPLES\8051\HELLO for demonstration.
Select NEW from the PROJECT menu. This will open the New Project dialog box. Enter “hello” into the NAME box. Use the BROWSE button to scroll through the list of Directories to find the \FSI\EXAMPLES\HELLO directory and click [OK]. Finally, select “8051” as the type of project.
New Project Dialog Box.
Select ADD FILE from the PROJECT menu. This will open the Add File dialog box. Select hello.c from the list and click [OK].
Add File Dialog Box
To edit hello.c select hello.c from the Project window. Click with the RIGHT mouse button and select VIEW SOURCE FILE , or simply DOUBLE-CLICK.
Project Window.
Select MAKE from the PROJECT menu. When complete, ProView displays a completion message in the message window. If any errors are encountered, ProView reports them here.
Message Window.
We can now run the debugger. Select START from the DEBUG menu. Next, ProView prompts you with the Debug Options dialog box where you may modify the options that are used to run the WinSim debugger/simulator. HELLO uses the defaults.
Debug Options Dialog Box.
Select HARDWARE from the VIEW menu. Now select UART, the UART window will be displayed.
UART Window
Selecting RUN from the DEBUG window.
The screen shown here shows you what the WinSim debugger/simulator screen looks like after running HELLO. Note that the UART window displays the text, “Hello World”.
WinSim with HELLO Loaded and Running.
You may type terminate the debugger/simulator at any time by selecting TERMINATE from the DEBUG menu to return to the edit mode of ProView.
