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The problem of reverse engineering assembly language projects for microcontrollers from embedded systems is approached in this paper. A tool for analyzing projects is described which starts from the source files of the project to be analyzed, grouped in a Project Folder and from a Configuration files and generates diagrams for describing the program’s functionality. The tool is useful for the programmer and for the project manager in different phases of a project: code review, design review and development. It is also useful for understanding and documenting older projects.
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Popa, M., Macrea, M., Mihu, L. (2006). Reverse Engineering Analyze for Microcontrollers’ Assembly language Projects. In: Sobh, T., Elleithy, K. (eds) Advances in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5263-4_52
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