[ECOS] Axiom CMD561 - BDM debugger recommendations please

[kjell@techtribe.se]

Hi Ian,

Well, I haven't actually tried the Abatron BDI1000/2000, but I'm farly 
positive You'll get it to work without hassle - regardless if You're on 
a Linux host or on a Windows/Cygwin host since it has Ethernet support. 
These debuggers can use the native remote gdb protocol, for which a 
number of different debugger software products have support. In an eCos 
environment, I guess using the Abatron together with gdb (and optionally 
Insight or DDD or something like that) would be the natural choice.
This scheme (HW debugger + gdb) is conceptually equal to what we're 
doing with our Jeeni's from EPI over here for ARM/JTAG debugging, and it 
works quite fine.

On the other hand, if You're anyway biting the bullet and investing a 
rather large amount of money into an In-Cirquit-Debugger, I think I 
should also mention a higher-end alternative:
We have recently invested in Lauterbach's Trace32 Powerdebug stuff, and 
the native host-level software coming together with that product is 
simply the most powerful ICD-software I've ever seen! And somewhat to my 
surprise, I discovered that not only did it run perfectly as a native 
Linux application on my Linux development host, but it did even have a 
module for eCos kernel awareness :-) I guess a Lauterbach Trace32 BDM 
package would cost approx the double of an Abatron, but if You're anyway 
investing I'd say it might be worth it.

Good luck, /Kjell
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Ian Gilmour wrote:
> Ok. I'm going to bite the bullet and get a BDM debugger to help me out here
> - I'll definitely need it when I come to bringing up an in-house board in
> the future anyway.
> 
> So - any recommendations (target MPC561)?
> 
> Anyone had any experience with the Abatron BDI1000/2000?
> 
> Any others I should consider?
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 




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