Echelon NodeBuilder FX - Manual (Page 22)

8 Introduction
Turbo Edition CD
U10/U20 USB Network Interface 5 5
* The NodeBuilder FX/FT Development Tool and NodeBuilder FX/FT Classroom Edition include two FT 5000 EVBs. The
NodeBuilder FX/PL Tool includes one LTM-10A Hardware Platform and one NodeBuilder Gizmo 4 I/O Board (for
development of PL devices).
The following sections describe each of the components.
NodeBuilder FX Development Tool CD
The NodeBuilder Development Tool CD contains the software required to develop and debug Neuron
C applications for your L
ON W ORKS devices, and it includes Neuron C example applications that you
can run on your development platform and use to further learn how to develop your own device
applications.
The NodeBuilder software includes the following components:
• NodeBuilder Resource Editor. View standard types and functional profiles, and create
user-defined types and profiles if the standard resource files do not include the resources you need.
• NodeBuilder Code Wizard. Use a drag-and-drop interface to create your device’s interface and
then automatically generate Neuron C source code that implements the device interface and
creates the framework for your device application.
• NodeBuilder Editor. Edit the Neuron C source code generated by the Code Wizard to create your
device’s application.
• NodeBuilder Debugger. Debug your application with a source-level view of your application code
as it executes.
• NodeBuilder Project Manager. Build and download your application image to your development
platform or to your own device hardware.
The NodeBuilder FX/FT Development tool and NodeBuilder FX/FT Classroom Edition include three
Neuron C example applications that you can run on your FT 5000 EVB, and the NodeBuilder FX/PL
Development tool includes one Neuron C example application that you can run on your LTM-10A
platform with Gizmo 4 I/O board. You can use these examples to test the I/O devices on the FT 5000
EVB or Gizmo 4 I/O board, and create simple L
ON W ORKS networks. You can view the Neuron C
code used in the example applications, and then create a new device application by modifying the
existing example applications or by developing the device application from scratch.
For more information on using the FT 5000 EVB example applications, see the FT 5000 EVB
Examples Guide. For more information on using the LTM-10A Platform–Gizmo 4 I/O Board example
application, see the NodeBuilder FX/PL Examples Guide.
Development Platforms
The NodeBuilder FX/FT Development Tool includes two FT 5000 EVBs. The NodeBuilder FX/PL
Development Tool includes the LTM-10A Hardware Platform, a PLM-22 power line transceiver,
power line couplers for line-to-earth coupling and line-to-neutral coupling, and the NodeBuilder
Gizmo 4 I/O Board. The following sections describe these development platforms.
FT 5000 EVB Evaluation Board
The FT 5000 EVB is a complete 5000 Series L ON W ORKS device that you can use to evaluate the
L ON W ORKS 2.0 platform and create L ON W ORKS devices. The FT 5000 EVB includes an FT 5000
Smart Transceiver with an external 10 MHz crystal (you can adjust the system’s internal clock speed
from 5MHz to 80MHz), an FT-X3 communication transformer, 64KB external serial EEPROM and
flash memory devices, and a 3.3V power source. The FT 5000 EVB features a compact design that