Silicon Labs 8-bit Tools

Silicon Labs 8-bit Tools is a complete, standalone software program that provides designers with all the tools they need to develop and test their projects.
It's packed with lots of neat tools and features that you could use, including a full-featured, configurable Windows style editor, a debugger with breakpoints, watchpoints and single step capability.

Visually-appealing graphical interface

The application takes a while to install, considering that you will need to configure and install various drives on your device, before you can actually start using Silicon Labs 8-bit Tools.
It sports a really intuitive graphical interface, packed with various tools and features that you could use in order to create and test your projects. It has a customizable tool menu for integrating your own compiler, or other development tools.
Silicon Labs 8-bit Tools comes with a configuration wizard for generation of configuration code for a specified target in the environment.

Create and test your projects

The Configuration Wizard and Configuration Wizard 2 utilities are used to generate configuration code for a specified target environment. Checkboxes and peripheral windows make it easier to configure peripherals by providing an easy to use interface and creating initialization code.
As selections are made the code in the configuration file is modified to implement the specified configuration. These utilities provide the best results when used along with the device datasheets.

More features and tools

You have the option of configuring the device using a C language template or an assembly language template. There's a feature that allows you to save the source generated by the wizard and use it directly in an IDE project.
You can also save the source template/project to a file and preserve a specific device configuration. The generated code is fully commented and viewed in a color-coded format to make the code easily understood and modifiable.
All in all, Silicon Labs 8-bit Tools is a very nice software solution for providing designers all the tools they need in order to manage projects easily.