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    This document provides an overview and instructions for installing and using QtSPIM, a MIPS assembly language simulator. It discusses: 1. How to install QtSPIM and its dependencies on Linux. 2. The main components of the QtSPIM interface - the register panel, memory panel, and messages panel. 3. How to load and run a sample MIPS assembly program called example1.asm using the QtSPIM interface. Users can step through the program instruction-by-instruction or run it to completion.

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    This document provides an overview and instructions for installing and using QtSPIM, a MIPS assembly language simulator. It discusses: 1. How to install QtSPIM and its dependencies on Linux. 2. The main components of the QtSPIM interface - the register panel, memory panel, and messages panel. 3. How to load and run a sample MIPS assembly program called example1.asm using the QtSPIM interface. Users can step through the program instruction-by-instruction or run it to completion.

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    QtSpim Tutorial

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    This document provides an overview and instructions for installing and using QtSPIM, a MIPS assembly language simulator. It discusses: 1. How to install QtSPIM and its dependencies on Linux. 2. The main components of the QtSPIM interface - the register panel, memory panel, and messages panel. 3. How to load and run a sample MIPS assembly program called example1.asm using the QtSPIM interface. Users can step through the program instruction-by-instruction or run it to completion.

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    Installation
    Usage
    Overview
    FirstProgram

    Installation
    WewillbeusingSPIM,aMIPSsimulator,inordertolearnassemblyprogramming.Thecurrent
    versionofSPIMis"QtSPIM",akaSPIMusingtheQtcrossplatformapplicationGUIframework:
    InstalltheQtframeworkthatSPIMrequires:
    unix>sudoaptgetinstallqt4devtoolsqt4doclibqt4help

    DownloadaprepackagedversionofSPIMforLinuxthatusestheQtGUIframework:(Ifyouare
    runninganolder32bitLinuxinstallation,change64to32below)
    unix>wgethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/spimsimulator/files/qtspim_9.1.12_linux64.deb

    InstalltheQtSPIMpackage:
    unix>sudodpkgiqtspim_9.1.12_linux64.deb

    Usage
    TolaunchQtSPIM:
    unix>qtspim&

    Overview
    AfterlaunchingQtSPIM,themainwindowshouldappearasshownbelow.


    Therearethreeprimarysectionscontainedwithinthiswindow:TheRegisterpanel,Memorypanel,
    andMessagespanel.
    RegisterPanel
    TheRegisterpanel(shownbelow)showsthecontentsofalltheMIPSregisters.Therearetwotabsin
    thispanel:oneforthefloatingpointregistersandonefortheintegerregisters.Theintegerregisters
    includegeneralpurposeregisters(R1R31),alongwithspecialpurposeregisterssuchasthe
    ProgramCounter(PC).


    MemoryPanel
    TheMemorypanelhastwotabs:DataandText.TheTexttabshowsthecontentsoftheProgram
    memoryspace.Fromlefttoright,thisincludes:
    1. Thememoryaddressofaninstructioninhexadecimal(showninbrackets)
    2. Thecontentsofthatmemoryaddressinhexadecimal.Inbinaryform,thisistheactualMIPS
    instructionthattheprocessorruns!
    3. The"humanreadable"assemblylanguageinstructionusingthehardwareregisternumbers
    (showninbold).
    4. Theassemblylanguageprogramyouwroteusingsymbolicregisternamesandmemory
    addresssymbols(showninitalics)


    TheDatatabshowsthecontentsoftheDatamemoryspace.Thisincludesthevariablesandarray
    datayoucreate,alongwiththestackcontent.


    MessagesPanel
    TheMessagespaneldisplaysmessagesfromQtSPIMtotheuser.

    FirstProgram
    AvarietyofMIPSexampleprogramsareavailabletoyou.Startwiththefirstprogram
    example1.asmbydownloadingittoyourcomputer.
    LoadyourfirstprogrambyselectingFile>ReinitializeandLoadFile.(RecallthatthenewUbuntu
    "Unity"GUIdoesn'tshowthetopofscreenmenubaruntilyoumouseoverit).Thisclearstheregister
    spaceandresetsthesimulator.(Otherwise,youcouldloadandrunseveralprogramsinarowonthe
    samemachinestate.)
    YoucanscrolldownintheTextpanetoseethattheassemblycodehasbeenloadedintoProgram
    memoryspace.Inthiscase,thefirstinstructionisatmemorylocation0x00400024.(Whydoesn'tit
    startatmemoryaddresszero?Theprogramstartswiththefunctionmain(),butthereissomecode

    thatrunsbeforemain).
    Nowthattheprogramhasbeenloaded,youcanrunasimulationoftheassemblyinstructions.You
    havethreechoices:
    1. Runtheprogramfrombeginningtoend(viathe"play"Run/ContinuebuttonorF5).Thisisuseful
    forseeingthefinaloutputoftheprogram.
    2. Stepthroughtheprogramonelineatatime(viathe"123"SingleStepbuttonorF10).Thisis
    usefultoseehoweachassemblyinstructionaffectsthemachinestate(i.e.memoryandregister
    values).
    3. Runtheprogramuntilyoureachabreakpoint(whichcanbesetbyrightclickingonanylinein
    theMemorypanel.

    Stepthroughthecompleteprogram,figureoutwhatitdoes,andmakesureyouunderstandhowthe
    QtSPIMenvironmentworks.

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