Stimuli Generator for AVR Studio is a handy program that allows making stimuli files for AVR Studio. These files contain information on signals that can be used to affect AVR microcontroller pins virtually. With Stimuli Generator, you can emulate any interfacing like I2C, SPI, and others- this allows you to emulate real-world situations.
The program’s working is simple: set target microcontroller (by default 8MHz), set measurement unit- microseconds or milliseconds. For instance, you want to send signals to Pin0 of PORTB. Target MCU -ATMega8, which runs at 4MHz. Set serial interface protocol, which is like start bit length – 60us, bit 0 – 20us, bit 1 – 40us. So, in this case, the step value would be 20us. Step value will depend on what variation on the duration of impulses.
The signal drawing is done with the mouse pointer. The mouse pointer indicates the signal level to be drawn (arrow up or down). Set signal level by clicking mouse.
The workplace interface is quite convenient. You can zoom – stretch the timeline. You can mark specific areas of signals like bytes and so on.
Integration with AVR Studio is simple. Saved stimuli file add to your AVR project. How to work with this file is well documented in AVRStudio documentation.
Download Stimuli Generator its free.
Stimuli Generator for AVR Studio for .NET Framework 2.0 (112KB)
Stimuli Generator for AVR Studio for .NET Framework 1.1 (108KB)
Program is free, but if you like it don’t forget to donate its authors.
Tried it, but without a horizontal scrollbar (zoom only) it’s useless for me 🙁