xIDE software development tools

xIDE is an integrated software development environment designed for ease of use and familiarity with the standard look and feel of IDE packages for PCs and workstations. Programmers and engineers using xIDE enjoy a seamless and consistent view of the development process from simulation and emulation through to first silicon, deployment and maintenance. System complexity is contained within xIDE so they can focus on building and proving applications thus reducing time-to-market and project risk.


The xIDE architecture has a core application that can work with any target microprocessor, multi-processor system or even networked systems. Software plug-ins are installed that contain processor-specific information, such as a simulator, an interface to an existing simulator, drivers for a hardware emulation of an ASIC or drivers for the target hardware.

Cambridge Consultants offers standard plug-ins for its XAP processor instruction set simulators, C compilers, assemblers, hardware emulators and the non-invasive embedded debugger connected via SIF serial interface pods.

xIDE is written using a platform-neutral programming tool and the same source can produce xIDE implementations to run in Windows 2000 or XP, UNIX, Linux or Mac OS. Developers using xIDE enjoy comprehensive functionality at a low price per seat, which enables widespread deployment throughout their organisation.

The xIDE tools and plug-ins can be licensed from Cambridge Consultants independent of any ASIC design or silicon IP relationship. Companies that supply ASSPs or Embedded Systems can brand xIDE with their own corporate identity and sell on to their OEM customers, thus enabling third parties to develop with their products.

See xIDE in action at no cost now – an evaluation copy of xIDE can be downloaded from our downloads page and we will email you a 30-day license key at no charge. You can write, edit, compile, run and debug programs on one of the XAP processor simulators.