ApBUILDER, Intel's interactive programming software, is a powerful tool that generates peripheral initialization code in ASM and C for Intel's embedded devices with a click of the mouse. This free software tool, along with Hypertext User's Manuals, speeds the learning curve and can reduce total design time.

Growth and competition in the PC industry have produced tools that are time-proven and run on the PC, which eliminates the need for expensive workstation-based development tools For example, the Microsoft* and Borland * development tools, used to create more than 50,000 PC applications, can now be used in an embedded environment.