Free GNU Development Tools for Eclipse - Macraigor

Macraigor announced the immediate availability of a free Eclipse-compliant development solution. This will provide an integrated development of embedded systems using the widely supported Eclipse platform.

The Eclipse platform provides embedded developers with an integrated platform for building and debugging systems and software. This platform enables different tools to share a common look-and-feel while providing accessibility within the same framework.

The Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite is an implementation that packages Eclipse 3.2.1, several of the open-source GNU tools/utilities and a program called OCDRemote, an interface between Eclipse, the GDB debugger and a Macraigor On-Chip debug tool. The GNU tools provided by Macraigor Systems include binutils, gcc, gdb and gdbtui.

Craig Haller, Macraigor, said:

By incorporating the free GNU development and debugging toolset into Eclipse, we are making it possible for embedded systems engineers to use the tools they are familiar with on a platform that improves their productivity.

Users can run the following Macraigor software tools from Eclipse's External Tools menu:

• usbDemon Finder - To find all connected  Macraigor USB devices and lets the user flash program each device.
• Scan Chain Analyzer - To determine if the JTAG Scan chain is working, what devices are on the JTAG scan chain and what order are they in.
• OCD Commander - An assembly language-level debugger.

Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite versions are available for these processors:

• ARM
• AMD Geode
• MIPS (32 and 64 bit)
• XScale
• PowerPC

Free Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite for the i386, PowerPC, MIPS, ARM and XScale processors are immediately available.

Source: Macraigor Systems