User`s guide

9Targeting MC56F83xx/DSP5685x Controllers
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Introduction
This manual explains how to use the CodeWarrior™ Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) to develop code for the DSP56800E family of processors
(MC56F3xx and DSP56F5x).
This chapter contains the following sections:
• CodeWarrior IDE
• Motorola 56800/E Hybrid Controllers
• References
CodeWarrior IDE
The CodeWarrior IDE consists of a project manager, a graphical user interface,
compilers, linkers, a debugger, a source-code browser, and editing tools. You can edit,
navigate, examine, compile, link, and debug code, within the one CodeWarrior
environment. The CodeWarrior IDE lets you configure options for code generation,
debugging, and navigation of your project.
Unlike command-line development tools, the CodeWarrior IDE organizes all files
related to your project. You can see your project at a glance, so organization of your
source-code files is easy. Navigation among those files is easy, too.
When you use the CodeWarrior IDE, there is no need for complicated build scripts of
makefiles. To add files to your project or delete files from your project, you use your
mouse and keyboard, instead of tediously editing a build script.
For any project, you can create and manage several configurations for use on different
computer platforms. The platform on which you run the CodeWarrior IDE is called he
host. From the host, you use the CodeWarrior IDE to develop code to target various
platforms.
Note the two meanings of the term target:
• Platform Target — The operating system, processor, or microcontroller fin
which/on which your code will execute.