How to Use the Documentation

The documentation for TASKING SmartCode consists of:

documentation for Eclipse
this Getting Started manual
TASKING SmartCode - TriCore User Guide
TASKING SmartCode - MCS User Guide
TASKING SmartCode - 8051 User Guide
TASKING SmartCode - ARC/PPU User Guide
TASKING winIDEA Help

It is strongly recommended to read the documentation in this order:

Getting acquainted with Eclipse

If you are new to Eclipse, start familiarizing with Eclipse. Eclipse comes with several online documents. One document describes how Eclipse is organized as a Workbench, with Perspectives that contain Views; another document explains how to create a sample C/C++ project, build and debug it (CDT documentation).

To start with this documentation:

Start Eclipse.
From the Help menu, select Help Contents.
The help screen overlays the Eclipse Workbench.
In the left pane, select Workbench User Guide to learn more about working in Eclipse.
Continue with C/C++ Development User Guide to learn more about creating and developing a C/C++ project.
This part of the documentation explains how to create a "hello world" example. Be aware that this example does not use the TASKING tools, it uses the standard GNU compiler in Eclipse instead.

Getting started with SmartCode (this manual)

The TASKING Getting Started and TriCore User Guide contain specific information for the TASKING toolset for TriCore. Its content overrides any information found in the Eclipse and CDT documentation.

The next chapters of this manual explain how to setup and work with a TriCore project. It shows some important features of the TriCore toolset.

TASKING User Guides

Once you are introduced to Eclipse and the TriCore toolset, you can start creating your own projects. The documentation for the TriCore toolset covers the TriCore C/C++/Assembly language, as well as detailed description of the various tools and options. Accessing the documentation for the TriCore toolset is similar to accessing the documentation for Eclipse:

Start Eclipse.
From the Help menu, select Help Contents.
The help screen overlays the Eclipse Workbench.
In the left pane, select TASKING SmartCode - TriCore User Guide to access the documentation for the TriCore toolset or select one of the other toolset User Guides.

The TASKING manuals are also available in PDF format via de Windows Start menu:

In the Start menu, browse to TASKING SmartCode vx.y.rz and select the manual you need.

TASKING winIDEA Help

For information how to use the winIDEA debugger, see the online winIDEA Help.