

Written entirely in C except where absolutely not possible.Allow the creation of full-function, easy-to-maintain code.Available in ROM on some Stellaris microcontrollers.


Some Stellaris microcontrollers provide the Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library on-chip in ROM (read-only memory). The software driver model insulates the software engineer from hardware details including the operation of each register, bit field, their interactions, and sequencing required for the proper operation of the peripheral, generally requiring less time to develop applications. The direct register access model includes header files for each specific Stellaris MCU and will generally result in smaller and more efficient code in a software development environment familiar to most deeply embedded firmware engineers and to engineers used to working with 8- and 16-bit MCUs. Each programming model can be used independently or combined, based on the needs of the application or the programming environment desired by the developer. The Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library provides support for two programming models: the direct register access model and the software driver model.
