Thursday, 22 June 2006

Eclipse-based BDM/TAG Debugger Supports Linux

Embedded Alley Solutions, providers of embedded Linux professional services, and Ultimate Solutions, an industry leader in the sales and support of professional development tools, have released the LinuxScope JTDTM. This Eclipse-based JTAG Target Debugger is designed for Abatron’s BDI2000 BDM/JTAG probe and is available for immediate purchase.

Up until now, engineers who use the BDI2000 probe to debug embedded Linux on 16/32-bit RISC processors have used an open source debugger, GDB. Those who prefer to work within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) typically use GDB with an open source GUI, such as DDD or Insight. The problems with these GUI’s is they have no working knowledge of any JTAG probe and therefore they fall short of being a complete solution.

“Users of BDI2000 will be able to take advantage of a feature rich debugger that was developed from the ground up to leverage the capabilities of the BDI2000 and the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE),” said Pete Popov, CEO of Embedded Alley.

According to Ultimate Solutions, the new release leverages the functionality of Abatron’s BDI2000 and the Eclipse IDE. The two products are the most commonly used tools within the embedded Linux community at present. “After consulting with a number of Linux centric engineering firms, we selected Embedded Alley to develop LinuxScope-JTD because we needed a turnkey product solution from a company that understands Linux kernel debugging and the full capabilities of the BDI2000. Embedded Alley developed the product to our specifications in record time, and we are thrilled with the results,” explains Peter Tympanick, CEO of Ultimate Solutions. “In addition, Embedded Alley is under contract to develop future revisions of the product that we expect to release later this year.”

LinuxScope-JTD can be purchased stand-alone or bundled with Abatron’s BDI2000. Various license schemes are available for specific customer needs. The software is compatible with platforms running Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Solaris.