IP Library Granted Patent US 10,466,980
Granted Patent B2
US 10,466,980 · App. 15/698,404 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Techniques for generating microcontroller configuration information

Inventors: Kenneth Y. Ogami (Bothell, WA); Douglas H. Anderson (Edmonds, WA); Matthew A. Pleis (Carnation, WA); Frederick Redding Hood (Auburn, WA)
Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,466,980
App. No.
15/698,404
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example includes accessing multiple configurations stored in a memory, where each configuration is associated with a corresponding circuit function implementable by an electronic device and associated with a corresponding set of resources of the electronic device. The example includes determining that one or more sets of resources of the electronic device are available for use by one or more configurations of the multiple configurations. Based on the determination, an embodiment includes representing a first configuration of the one or more configurations, using a graphical interface, and generating instructions that when executed cause the electronic device to be configured according the first configurations.

Claims (10)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:

accessing a plurality of configurations stored in a memory, each configuration associated with a corresponding circuit function implementable by an electronic device and a corresponding set of resources of the electronic device;

determining that one or more sets of resources of the electronic device are available for use by one or more configurations of the plurality of configurations;

based on the determination, representing a first configuration of the one or more configurations, using a graphical interface;

receiving via the graphical interface a parameter value through an active area of the graphical representation of the first configuration; and

generating instructions that when executed cause the electronic device to be configured according the first configuration.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the instructions is responsive to receiving user selection of the representation of the first configuration.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a programmable device comprising a plurality of reconfigurable blocks that are configured to be combined in a first combination of blocks associated with a first circuit function and recombined in a second combination of blocks associated with a second circuit function.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the resources include hardware resources of the electronic device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the resources of the electronic device include a plurality of circuit blocks, wherein at least one circuit block, of the plurality of circuit blocks, is reconfigurable to be used in the first configuration and reconfigurable to be used in a second configuration, of the plurality of configurations.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050896/0366 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 21, 2018
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046402/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2017
From: OGAMI, KENNETH Y.; ANDERSON, DOUG; PLEIS, MATTHEW; HOOD, III, FREDERICK REDDING
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043627/0832 →