Macraigor Support for New PowerPC, Marvell, ARM and AMD Processors

Macraigor news release:

Macraigor has added software support for the following new ARM, PowerPC, AMD and Marvell processor chips:

• Marvell PXA3xx family (Monahans), the third generation of Intel's XScale family, for high-end communication and video devices
• Freescale MPC 83xx PowerQUICC II Pro family of high-end communication and networking processors
• AMD Geode GX/LX processors used for embedding low-power, high-performance x86 architecture in consumer and industrial devices
• ARM Cortex-M3 family of CPUs produced by Luminary Micro and other manufacturers for use in high-performance, low-cost products such as wireless networking and automotive controls

Macraigor offers an Eclipse tool suite bundled with GNU tools with example projects at no cost on the Macraigor website. Additional software debugging solutions for programming and debugging hardware designs and application software are also available from Macraigor Systems. These include the price-sensitive JSCAN boundary scan debug tool, JTAG Commander, Flash Programming tools, the OCD Commander, Target Access, and OCD Remote solutions.

The OCD Commander offers an easy-to-use debugger providing GUI access for manipulation of the CPU (run, halt, reset) and its associated registers and memories. The JTAG Commander is a GUI based application for low-level control of a JTAG enabled target. JSCAN is a powerful GUI application for debug of target hardware via JTAG enabling one to test for open, shorts and other problems under BGA devices and elsewhere as well as programming FPGAs and EEPROMS for gate arrays. OCD Remote is Macraigor Systems' offering for debugging with Eclipse/GNU tools GDB. OCD Remote and the OCD Commander are available for debugging on both Windows and Linux platforms.

The OCDemon Flash Programmer includes a GUI application for performing a variety of programming and debugging functions on flash parts. The GUI interface provides high-level interaction for debugging and programming the contents of flash connected to the target CPU.

Debugging functionality includes blank checking and checksumming both specific ranges and the entire contents of flash memory. Programming functionality includes erasing, filling a range with a pattern, programming from a file and verification against a file. This functionality is also offered in a DLL using Flash Access, which is well suited for automated environments. The DLL may be called from custom applications written in Delphi, C/C++ or Visual Basic programming language. A batch-file interface is also provided. The OCDemon Flash Programmer is available for both Windows and Linux platforms.

Source: Macraigor Systems