Lpc2000

rtstofer wrote:

>I would put the money into a JTAG debugger only and I'm not sure I 
>would do that.  JTAG is great but ISP will get the code transferred 
>with no complications or cost.  Debugging can certainly be done 
>without JTAG.  I use printf quite a bit.  But, if you have the money 
>to spend, this is the place to put it.  Get something that works.
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>The tutorial is here: http://www.olimex.com/dev/pdf/ARM%20Cross%
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I would agree with that.  Maybe there are some pretty frills with 
purchasing a packaged development system, along with someone to hold 
your hand for you when you run into difficulties, but aside from that, I 
would spend the money on a decent JTAG unit.  If you've allocated $1500 
for tools it sounds as if you are not doing this as a hobby but have 
some serious project in mind.  For $1500 you probably could purchase 
something like the ARM Multi-Ice or other ethernet based JTAG unit.  I'm 
not sure what a LauterBach unit would go for...

You may want to consider the EPI Majic-LT as it is in your price range: 
http://www.epitools.com/products/probes.php

Another interesing unit appears to be the * GUARDIAN-SE*  Plus GDB: 
http://www.etoolsmiths.com/GDB-JTAG-Debug-Tools.html

I'm sure that a little time on google and you can find more potential 
solutions.

Unfortunately, the Abatron BDI2000 costs more than that and their 
BDI1000 model doesn't support gdb.  Otherwise I would recommend the 
BDI2000 @ USD$2700.  I use gcc-4.0.2, bintools-2.16.1, and Insight-6.4 
for my development toolchain.  I'm well satisfied with the GNU tools + 
BDI2000 running under Linux.

However, if you are not that serious about the project, and are willing 
to put up with some occasional frustration with the wiggler, you should 
be able to follow Lynch's Eclipse Tutorial and get a cygwin development 
together for less than $30.

Regards,

TomW

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