Altium Software Platform builder

Altium’s Software Platform delivers ultra-rapid prototyping and development for ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers. The product includes a comprehensive range of middleware functionalities such as RTOS, CAN, USB, TCP/IP, I2C, HTTP(S), file systems, graphical user interface and touch-panel control.

Building an application with the product is both simple and fast. Through a few mouse clicks within the Eclipse-based IDE, the developer can put the middleware framework of an application together. After selecting the desired middleware options and the Cortex-M based microcontroller for the project, the platform generates the code that delivers the required functionality. All that is left for the developer is the design of the application software, which is easily integrated with the generated code.

The product is not only straightforward to use, but it also enables the developer to switch the Cortex-M microcontroller easily, both within the family of a particular semiconductor vendor as well as across vendors. The Software Builder takes care of collecting the middleware functionalities and the low-level drivers for the microcontroller, after which the code framework is generated and then compiled with the application code. The Software Builder is seamlessly integrated into the Tasking VX-tool set, which includes a C/C++ compiler, debugger and an Eclipse-based IDE.