Eclipse + JTAG = goodness
I’m doing some work again with Intel XScale IOP (ARM) processors. I have to give a shout out to Macraigor for updating their support tools to integrate with Eclipse. The combination of the two make for a very useful integrated IDE for firmware development work. Being able to step through RedBoot code in the IDE’s debugger has reduced cycle times immensely. Thanks Macraigor and the Eclipse teams. And thanks for making it all available on current Linux distributions. I’m not a fan of the Windows/Cygwin/etc/etc environment; too difficult to share. Now I can setup a single Linux server with several JTAGs attached and everyone can use the same toolset while only one of us has to handle the hassle of getting it all installed, configured, and working. Less setup time + well integrated tools = more productivity and less wasted time. And that’s a good thing…