AURduino Development Tools

The main Aurduino/ShieldBuddy toolchain is the Eclipse-based “FreeEntryToolchain” from Hightec/Infineon. This is full C/C++ development environment. The familiar Arduino IDE is also available for the AURduino. Both IDEs are based on the Infineon iLLD libraries and allow the usual Arduino C++- like Processing language to be used with the familiar Arduino IO e.g. digitalWrite(), analogRead(), Serial.print() etc.. These functions will are implemented for all three TC275 core 0s and can be used without restriction.

Given the awesome power of the TC275 we expect most users to program it in C in Eclipse, using the iLLD API directly or working with the underlying SFRs. It is easy to add a display to the Aurduino and there are TFT touchscreen shields available from around 5 Euro. The normal Arduino TFT library functions are implemented. A cheap breakout shield can be used to allow access to the processor port pins with theTFT fitted. The TFT is driven through the dedicated SPI connector so it does not steal any standard Arduino IO.

The neat thing about the Aurduino/ShieldBuddy is that it lets you access the massive power of the TC275 without knowing anything about the bits and bytes of the peripherals!