alternative to "arm development suite"

Hi,

Im an undergrad who is new to ARM-based controllers. Im working on a
custom board based on the AT91rm9200 microcontroller. The aim is to
develop an in-house evaluation board that can be used in the future for
educational purposes. Currently, im using the trial version of "Arm
development suite" (ADS 1.2), and my licence is running out. Are there
any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
where can i download them..if not, 
thanx in anticipation
Mayank

Mayank Kaushik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Im an undergrad who is new to ARM-based controllers. Im working on a
> custom board based on the AT91rm9200 microcontroller. The aim is to
> develop an in-house evaluation board that can be used in the future for
> educational purposes. Currently, im using the trial version of "Arm
> development suite" (ADS 1.2), and my licence is running out. Are there
> any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
> where can i download them..if not, 
> thanx in anticipation
> Mayank
> 

The exact response depends on the host computer
and operating system. There are ready packages
for Windows, PC-Linux and ARM-Linux.

I mady my first toolchain by loading the sources
from a GNU mirror, configuring and compiling
the tools under Linux.

For Windows toolchain, ave a look at
<http://dsl.ee.unsw.edu.au/dsl-cdrom/gnutools/src/install-win32-individual.html>.

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> Mayank Kaushik wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Im an undergrad who is new to ARM-based controllers. Im working on a
> > custom board based on the AT91rm9200 microcontroller. The aim is to
> > develop an in-house evaluation board that can be used in the future for
> > educational purposes. Currently, im using the trial version of "Arm
> > development suite" (ADS 1.2), and my licence is running out. Are there
> > any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
> > where can i download them..if not,
> > thanx in anticipation
> > Mayank
> >
>

You may want to check out the www.at91.com web site.
In the left lower corner is a link to the AT91 CDROM which contains
a toolset for Linux host, used to compile the AT91 Linux.
If you go to the Linux forum, you will find a link to the latest AT91 linux.
Here is a link to an Open Source AT91RM9200 based
Educational board
http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~hhoegl/proj/comet/index.html

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 > Currently, im using the trial version of "Arm
> development suite" (ADS 1.2), and my licence is running out. 

There is some software, free for educational use, at 
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~cs4824/arm_std_html.html

Are there
> any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
> where can i download them..if not, 

I know theres a GCC port, there is probably a debugger as well but I've 
never used it.

Al

>> any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
>> where can i download them..if not,

>I know theres a GCC port, there is probably a debugger as well but
I've
>never used it.

ROFL!! The gcc port for ARM is the single most widely used ARM
toolchain in the world, I'm willing to wager. Why are you pointing the
OP at buyware/restricted license solutions?

To the OP: There are numerous places where one can acquire precompiled
ARM GNU toolchains. As one starting point, try www.gnuarm.com.

larwe@larwe.com wrote:
>>>any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
>>>where can i download them..if not,
> 
> 
>>I know theres a GCC port, there is probably a debugger as well but
> 
> I've
> 
>>never used it.
> 
> 
> ROFL!! The gcc port for ARM is the single most widely used ARM
> toolchain in the world, I'm willing to wager. 

I know. I have been doing a lot of work with it lately. However I've 
never used the debugger, only the compiler and gas.


> Why are you pointing the
> OP at buyware/restricted license solutions?

Well, he said he was already using some software by ARM, and it was for 
educational purposes. So perhaps the interface of the other software may 
be more familair.

Al

larwe@larwe.com wrote:
>>>any free GNU tools available that can totally replace ADS..if so ,
>>>where can i download them..if not,
> 
> 
>>I know theres a GCC port, there is probably a debugger as well but
> 
> I've
> 
>>never used it.
> 
> 
> ROFL!! The gcc port for ARM is the single most widely used ARM
> toolchain in the world, I'm willing to wager. Why are you pointing the
> OP at buyware/restricted license solutions?
> 
> To the OP: There are numerous places where one can acquire precompiled
> ARM GNU toolchains. As one starting point, try www.gnuarm.com.
> 
  Also try http://www.codesourcery.com/gnu_toolchains/arm.html. They are 
supported by ARM to make improvements to the ARM GCC tool chain.

Hi,

Ive downloaded the GNU toolchain from gnuarm.com. I had also gone to
the codesourcery site mentioned above, but i didnt know what abi meant
:-(, but a google define:abi took care of that.

Im trying to develop a stand alone device (for my senior undergrad
project), much like a computer, around the at91rm9200. i have forsaken
the ADS for now, since the trial licence is running out...moreover i
think it will be more useful when i start hunting for a job :-|

I wil have to port the uC OS onto this board, and add a graphical
interface, and also interfaces for a keyboard, usb etc.

Il be working on these OSs: redhat linux 9, fedora core 2.

But i have no idea how to go about "compiling a toolchain". im googling
for info, but any link to a note etc would be nice..
Thanx in anticipation
Mayank

Hi,

Ive downloaded the GNU toolchain from gnuarm.com. I had also gone to
the codesourcery site mentioned above, but i didnt know what abi meant
:-(, but a google define:abi took care of that.

Im trying to develop a stand alone device (for my senior undergrad
project), much like a computer, around the at91rm9200. i have forsaken
the ADS for now, since the trial licence is running out...moreover i
think it will be more useful when i start hunting for a job :-|

I wil have to port the uC OS onto this board, and add a graphical
interface, and also interfaces for a keyboard, usb etc.

But i have no idea how to go about "compiling a toolichain". im
googling for info, but any link to a note etc would be nice..

Thanx in anticipation
Mayank

PS: i will be on these OSs for development : Redhat Linux 9.0, fedora
core 2

Hi,

Ive downloaded the GNU toolchain from gnuarm.com. I had also gone to
the codesourcery site mentioned above, but i didnt know what abi meant
:-(, but a google define:abi took care of that.

Im trying to develop a stand alone device (for my senior undergrad
project), much like a computer, around the at91rm9200. i have forsaken
the ADS for now, since the trial licence is running out...moreover i
think it will be more useful when i start hunting for a job :-|

I wil have to port the uC OS onto this board, and add a graphical
interface, and also interfaces for a keyboard, usb etc.

But i have no idea how to go about "compiling a toolichain". im
googling for info, but any link to a note etc would be nice..
Thanx in anticipation
Mayank