User`s guide

2 Automation Interface
Getting Started with Automation Interface
In this section...
“Introducing the Automation Interface Tutorial” on page 2-2
“Selecting Your Processor” on page 2-7
“Creating and Querying Objects for CCS IDE” on page 2-8
“Loading Files into CCS” on page 2-10
“Working with Projects and Data” on page 2-13
“Closing the Links or Cleaning Up CCS IDE” on page 2-19
Introducing the Automation Interface Tutorial
EmbeddedIDELinkCCprovidesaconnection between MATL AB software
and a processor in CCS. Y ou can use objects to con tro l and manipulate a
signal processing application using the computational power of MATLAB
software. This approach can help you debug and develop your application.
Another possible use for automation is creating MATLAB scripts that verify
and test algorithms that run in their final implementation on your production
processor.
Before using the functions available with the objects, you must select a
processor t o be your processor because any object you create is specificto
a designated processor and a designated instance of CC S IDE. Selecting
a processor is necessary for multiprocessor boards or multiple board
configurations of C CS.
When y ou have one board with a sin gle processor, the object defau lts to the
existing processor. For the objects, the simulator counts as a bo ard; if you
have both a board and a simulator that CCS recognizes, you must specify
the processor explicitly.
To get y ou started using objects for CCS IDE software, Embedded IDE Link
CC includes a tutorial that introduces you to working with data and files. As
you w ork through this tutorial, you perform the following tasks that step you
through creating and using objects for CCS IDE:
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