ARM7 complete development tools?

Hello. 
We are in the beginning of development of new product with ARM7
Can someone tell us what options we have for development tools? We
need a list of available dev toolset, such as
compiler+emulator+(RTOS)+(dev. board)+(processor) that work with each
other. also, perhaps some comments on those tools.

Thanks!!

Jack

On 17 May 2004 15:52:20 -0700, dreamguy007@hotmail.com (Jack) wrote:

>Hello. 
>We are in the beginning of development of new product with ARM7
>Can someone tell us what options we have for development tools? We
>need a list of available dev toolset, such as
>compiler+emulator+(RTOS)+(dev. board)+(processor) that work with each
>other. also, perhaps some comments on those tools.

The company I work for (www.sciopta.com) offers a LPC2xxx dev.kit made
by Ashling (we are distributor for Germany,Swizzerland and Austria)
completed with an eval version of our RTOS.

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"Jack" <dreamguy007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> We are in the beginning of development of new product with ARM7
> Can someone tell us what options we have for development tools? We
> need a list of available dev toolset, such as
> compiler+emulator+(RTOS)+(dev. board)+(processor) that work with each
> other. also, perhaps some comments on those tools.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Jack

I think you should specify a little more what you want.
There is a third party vendor list on www.atmel.com in the AT91 page.



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"Jack" <dreamguy007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> We are in the beginning of development of new product with ARM7
> Can someone tell us what options we have for development tools? We
> need a list of available dev toolset, such as
> compiler+emulator+(RTOS)+(dev. board)+(processor) that work with each
> other. also, perhaps some comments on those tools.
>

Cheap Dev boards: http://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html

Free C++ compilers: http://www.avrfreaks.com

Uddo Graaf wrote:
> 
> Free C++ compilers: http://www.avrfreaks.com

Where on this site is an ARM7 compiler ???

I see an AVR compiler, but no ARM7 compiler.

Please help a lost soul.

>
>Free C++ compilers: http://www.avrfreaks.com
>

I wonder, is there a conspirancy to move potential ARM users to AVR ?

:-)
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"hamilton" <hamilton@deminsional.com> wrote in message
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>
> Uddo Graaf wrote:
> >
> > Free C++ compilers: http://www.avrfreaks.com
>
> Where on this site is an ARM7 compiler ???
>
> I see an AVR compiler, but no ARM7 compiler.
>
> Please help a lost soul.
>

Oops, sorry, I goofed. It's at:

http://www.macraigor.com/gnu/ArmElfInstall.exe

hi. thanks for the replies. 
to be more specific, we need more than 2 UART, 1 SPI, built-in
mmc/compact flash controller would be nice, an lcd controller is
optional, and later we need to embed GUI and rtos in it.

the problem so far i found is that there are emulators that only work
with certain compiler, dev board and certain bsp sample codes.
if there is any complete tools that can work together out of the box
would be nice to save some time.  so, we are looking a dev board with
sample codes, schematics and drivers on it, with recommended
compiler+emulator, and even better if they (or someone) have embedded
linux on it. maybe asking too much, but any combination that people
have experienced that work would be great. about the cost, i will make
a presentation of possible options, so it's really open right now.

so, i'm also interested to know what kind of tools other people have
used in the past to complete a project.

Thanks!

dreamguy007@hotmail.com (Jack) wrote in message news:<b7c82826.0405171452.4eb3717f@posting.google.com>...
> Hello. 
> We are in the beginning of development of new product with ARM7
> Can someone tell us what options we have for development tools? We
> need a list of available dev toolset, such as
> compiler+emulator+(RTOS)+(dev. board)+(processor) that work with each
> other. also, perhaps some comments on those tools.
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Jack

Uddo Graaf wrote:
> 
> "hamilton" <hamilton@deminsional.com> wrote in message
> news:40aa0d01$1_4@omega.dimensional.com...
> >
> > Uddo Graaf wrote:
> > >
> > > Free C++ compilers: http://www.avrfreaks.com
> >
> > Where on this site is an ARM7 compiler ???
> >
> > I see an AVR compiler, but no ARM7 compiler.
> >
> > Please help a lost soul.
> >
> 
> Oops, sorry, I goofed. It's at:
> 
> http://www.macraigor.com/gnu/ArmElfInstall.exe

Or you can go to http://www.gnuarm.com to download the gcc tools.  

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"Jack" <dreamguy007@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> the problem so far i found is that there are emulators that only work
> with certain compiler, dev board and certain bsp sample codes.
> if there is any complete tools that can work together out of the box
> would be nice to save some time.  so, we are looking a dev board with
> sample codes, schematics and drivers on it, with recommended
> compiler+emulator, and even better if they (or someone) have embedded
> linux on it. maybe asking too much, but any combination that people
> have experienced that work would be great. about the cost, i will make
> a presentation of possible options, so it's really open right now.
>
> so, i'm also interested to know what kind of tools other people have
> used in the past to complete a project.

We chose Green Hills Software for our ARM development,
partly because we judged them to be a better one-stop
shop than others (this was several years ago).
They provide compiler, debugger, and other tools.
They offer a few RTOS options and the tools are RTOS
aware.  They support a variety of JTAG interfaces
including those from Macraigor and ARM.  Plus,
they now offer their own JTAG interfaces including
one that supports a trace buffer.

There were example projects for various ARM eval
boards included on the GHS CD (I think these projects
were also included with the Atmel AT91 eval board).

You probably could get everything you need (except
maybe for an eval board) directly from GHS.  But this
solution will cost you (many thousand US dollars).

 -- Kevin