• Neuron C Tutorials
• Mini EVK Evaluation Kit
• NodeBuilder Development Tool
• Introduction to Neuron C Programming eTraining

Neuron® C Developer Center

Develop more productively and reduce your time-to-market with the Neuron C programming language!

Neuron C lets you create LonWorks applications for Neuron Chips and Smart Transceivers. With its extensions for network communication, hardware I/O, and event-handling, and its familiar ANSI C-based programming environment, the Neuron C language offers power and ease.

Features Based on ANSI C for a familiar programming environment Provides a network communication model based on functional blocks and network variables to simplify and promote data sharing between like or disparate devices Provides a network configuration based on functional blocks and configuration properties to facilitate interoperable network configuration tools Includes a feature-rich type model based on standard and user resource files that expands the market for interoperable devices Includes an extensive built-in set of I/O objects supporting the powerful I/O capabilities of Neuron Chips and Smart Transceivers Provides powerful event-driven programming extensions for easy handling of network, I/O, and timer events

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Documentation and Training

The Neuron C Programmer's Guide introduces you to the Neuron C programming language.

The Neuron C Reference Guide offers a detailed reference for the Neuron C programming language.

The NodeBuilder Error's Guide lists and explains errors that you may encounter while compiling and building Neuron C applications.

Online tutorials and overviews are available in the Neuron® C Developer Center - Tutorials section as well as the Introduction to Neuron C Programming eTraining course.

Engineering Bulletins

The following bulletins provide details on how to write Neuron C applications for different types of I/O:

• Analog-To-Digital Conversion
• Driving a Seven-Segment Display
• EIA-232C Serial Interfacing
• Parallel I/O
• Scanning a Keypad
• Quadrature Input
• Using the Hardware Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Neurowire I/O Object Models to Interface with Peripherals and Microcontrollers

Service Packs

• ISI Developer's Kit Patch 1
• NodeBuilder 3.1 Service Pack 3A

Downloads

• Availability of Neuron Firmware Functions: Lists availability of Neuron firmware functions in different versions of Neuron Chips and Smart Transceivers.
• Dhrystone Integer Benchmark: Neuron C source code for the Dhrystone Integer Benchmark.
• Hardware SPI Example: Neuron C source code and NodeBuilder project to interface with a Neuron hardware SPI port.
• ISI Developer's Kit: Neuron C library for creating devices that install themselves using the ISI protocol. Requires ISI Developer's Kit Patch 1 when used with the NodeBuilder Development Tool.
• PSG-20 and PSG/3: Source code to interface with a PSG programmable serial gateway.
• Stack-Free Space Function: Neuron C source code to report the free space in the Neuron stack.