Echelon Neuron Field Compiler - Manual (Page 8)

2 Introduction
Introduction
You can use the Neuron Field Compiler to develop a field programming tool for
L ON W ORKS devices based on Echelon Series 5000 or Series 3100 Smart
Transceivers or Neuron Chips. A field programming tool typically provides a
programming environment that is suitable for use by network integrators who
create special-purpose applications for controllers at the time that the controller
is installed and commissioned in a network. Your field programming tool would
include an application that translates the field application representation created
by the user to a Neuron C source file, and then uses the Neuron Field Compiler to
generate a downloadable image from that source file.
Figure 1 shows the field programming process.
Figure 1. Your Application Generates Neuron C Code
After your application converts your programming constructs into Neuron C
source code, it can call the Neuron Field Compiler to compile static or