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19EAC285 Micro-Controller Lab

Lab sheet 6: Introduction to Keil uVision IDE

Subject: Microcontroller Lab Register Number:


Sub Code: 19EAC285 Name:
Experiment No. : 5 Date:
Course Outcome: CO6

Prelab Exercise:
1. What is a Microcontroller?

2. How is a microcontroller different from a microprocessor?

3. What is an Embedded System? Give some real-life examples.

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4. What is an IDE? What are the commonly used IDEs for embedded systems development?

Keil IDE: Keil Electronics, provides an Integrated Development Environment called Keil µVision
(pronounced Micro-Vision) that integrates a project manager, editor, compiler, debugger, and simulator in a single
powerful environment; it provides a high efficiency and clear graphic user interface for embedded software
development.

I. Create your first Project: The objective of this lab


sheet is to give you an introduction to the world of
embedded programming using C and ARM assembly
language; here we learn how to use the ARM Keil
uVision IDE to create projects, build and debug them.
Step 1: Open the Keil IDE by clicking on its icon on the
desktop.

Step 2: Choose a new uVision Project from the Project


menu

Step 3: Create a new folder and name it Amrita; type the


name MyProject for the project and click Save.

Step 4: In the Database tree as shown below, choose the vendor and then the chip you want to use and click OK.
If want to use LPC2148, click on the NXP then on the LPC2148, and press OK. (Or in the search box, type
LPC2148 directly and click OK)

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Step 5: A message window will appear and


ask you whether to add the Startup.s file to
the project or not; as we are going to start
with C code, click on the ‘Yes’ button to add
the startup file. Note that if you want to write
an Assembly program then your answer
should be ‘No’ (skip adding Startup.s).

Step 6: Create a new file by choosing New


from the File menu; or you may press
Ctrl+N, as well.

Step 7: Type your first C code in the work space


provided as shown in the following figure

Note that in the text editor window, keywords appear in a different colour; it is to differentiate
keywords from variables, constants, and others,
Step 8: Once the coding is
completed, press the save icon on
the file menu (or press Ctrl+S ).
Name the file as FirstFile.c and
save it as a C file in your personal
folder Amrita.
Step 9: Add your FirstFile.c to the
project. To do so: Expand Target1
on the left side panel; Right-click
on the Source Group1 and choose
Add Existing Files to source
Group; then browse the directory
Amrita and choose desired file:
FirstFile.c. Finally, click on the
Add button and Close.

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You should make sure that your file is added under the
project by expanding the Source Group shown under
Target (Note that firstfile. c is added under Source
Group 1in the left panel)

II. Building the Project: To build your


code, click on the Build icon or choose
build target from the Project menu
(Project→Build Target). If the program is
built successfully a build output window
appears with 0 Error(s) and 0 Warning(s) as
shown in the following figure. If the build is unsuccessful (i,e, if the build output window is provided with any error –
syntax error), you have to re-edit the source code and build it again until the build becomes successful.

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III. Debugging the Project: Now you need to


use a debugger to see what is happening inside
your program. To start debugging click on the
Start/Stop Debug Session icon or choose
Start/Stop Debug Session from the Debug
menu (or use Ctrl+F5).

When you select Start Debug Session, a


warning that this is an evaluation version
shows up; proceed with OK. Then, a new
window with several different supporting
panels appears where you can see the
simulation of the program. The left-hand side
panel is called the Register window.

III. Running the Project: To run your project,


select Debug- > Run, or click the Run button
on the toolbar; otherwise you may press the F5
key to run. The program runs until the simulator encounters a breakpoint. To stop running the project, again select Debug
-> Start/Stop Debug Session, or else click the Stop button on the toolbar. To trace your program you are provided with
the Step Over button (or click on Step Over from the Debug menu); using this tool one may execute his code line by line
(one instruction after another); during the trace, you may verify or modify register content.
.

To exit from the debug/run mode


press Start/Stop Debug Session.
again

Debugging windows: There are


some special windows provided by
the Keil IDE, to help you to analyze
the code and result through the
Registers, Stack, Memory, and
Ports.
Disassembly window: In the following figure, the disassembly window is walled in green which shows assembly
instructions equivalent to your C code. Let’s go through the assembly code line by line; in fact, by reading an assembly
code, one can realize what the processor is doing exactly.

Register Window: The leftmost panel (in the following figure, it is walled in blue) is called the register window It shows
16 general-purpose registers along with the Current Program Status Register (CPSR) and SPSR; this window allows you
to modify the contents. A register can hold a 32-bit signed, unsigned integer or a memory pointer. All C variables map

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onto the registers and large data structures like arrays


will be in a memory. Register Window is a very handy
tool for debugging. Go through the required registers
and verify their contents.

Watch Window: Go through View-> Watch Windows-> Watch-1; this window allows you to view or monitor the
values of the variables or registers that are used in the program during run time (while the program is running); also you
may modify these values without disturbing or terminating the execution. To view the value of any variable the variable
should be added through the <Enter expression> field of the watch window.
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Exercise 1: Execute the following C-code in KEIL IDE to find the biggest among two numbers. View the change in the
registers in the register window and also the variables in the watch window.

Exercise 2: Execute the following ARM Assembly code using Keil IDE; while typing the code proper indentation must
be provided as shown in the figure.
(Note: Start a new project, Do not add Startup.s file, Save the file with .asm extension)

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Signature of the faculty with date: ………………………………

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