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Choosing ARM jtag

Started by Serdar Akkan December 29, 2009
Hello,

I am newbie about ARM uCs. I have experience about uCs and i am interesting in ARM especially LPC's now. I've searched the jtags and dev. env. on google and i read some group messages but i do not know what i should buy as a jtag. I wanna focus on LPC2468 now. After that i will try an ARM9 based uC and then maybe on ARM11. Which jtag(ulink2, jlink, hlink, olimex's openocd etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse + (tools) etc) do you suggest me?

Thank you all.

Serdar

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Serdar Akkan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am newbie about ARM uCs. I have experience about uCs and i am interesting in ARM especially LPC's now. I've searched the jtags and dev. env. on google and i read some group messages but i do not know what i should buy as a jtag. I wanna focus on LPC2468 now. After that i will try an ARM9 based uC and then maybe on ARM11. Which jtag(ulink2, jlink, hlink, olimex's openocd etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse + (tools) etc) do you suggest me?
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Serdar
To get sensible answers you would need to provide the information that
allows people to make a judgement.

The obvious question now being "what is your budget"?
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Serdar Akkan schrieb:

> Which jtag(ulink2,
> jlink, hlink, olimex's openocd etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse +
> (tools) etc) do you suggest me?

Not enough info: Do you want to work professional (time == money) ?

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Given that fact that you are new to ARM, I would suggest to start with ARM7
based LPC2000 to begin with. Its difficult to suggest you the tools as you
have not mentioned the budget.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Serdar Akkan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am newbie about ARM uCs. I have experience about uCs and i am interesting
> in ARM especially LPC's now. I've searched the jtags and dev. env. on google
> and i read some group messages but i do not know what i should buy as a
> jtag. I wanna focus on LPC2468 now. After that i will try an ARM9 based uC
> and then maybe on ARM11. Which jtag(ulink2, jlink, hlink, olimex's openocd
> etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse + (tools) etc) do you suggest me?
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Serdar
>
>
>

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Hi,
JTAG debugger is not necessary, you can use flash magic utility from NXP.

Actually with the help of jtag debugger you can download code and execute
code. You can do single stepping, view content of variables etc. Just like
simulator.

If you will not use jtag, then you will able to download by flashmagic tool.
After download it will run freely.

It is better to have jtag debugger but not necessary.

you can find link to different ARM tools on following link

http://www.embeddedcraft.org/arm.html

http://www.embeddedcraft.org/freearmtools1.html

Regards
Sachin
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Ashwin Athani wrote:

> Given that fact that you are new to ARM, I would suggest to start with ARM7
> based LPC2000 to begin with. Its difficult to suggest you the tools as you
> have not mentioned the budget.
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Serdar Akkan wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am newbie about ARM uCs. I have experience about uCs and i am
>> interesting in ARM especially LPC's now. I've searched the jtags and dev.
>> env. on google and i read some group messages but i do not know what i
>> should buy as a jtag. I wanna focus on LPC2468 now. After that i will try an
>> ARM9 based uC and then maybe on ARM11. Which jtag(ulink2, jlink, hlink,
>> olimex's openocd etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse + (tools) etc) do
>> you suggest me?
>>
>> Thank you all.
>>
>> Serdar
> --
> Warm regards
> Ashwin
> NGX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
> http://code.google.com/p/blueboard-lpc214x/
>
>
Although this doesn't really belong to this forum, you might find it easier to start with one of Texas Instrument's excellent Cortex-M3 development cards that already include a USB to JTAG connector and comes with a fully configured demo version of IAR/KEIL toolset. By the M3 series, ARM has ironed out quite a few of the little niggles to be found in the ARM7 series.
----- Original Nachricht ----
Von: Ashwin Athani
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Datum: 29.12.2009 14:50
Betreff: Re: [lpc2000] Choosing ARM jtag

> Given that fact that you are new to ARM, I would suggest to start with ARM7
> based LPC2000 to begin with. Its difficult to suggest you the tools as you
> have not mentioned the budget.
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Serdar Akkan
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am newbie about ARM uCs. I have experience about uCs and i am
> interesting
> > in ARM especially LPC's now. I've searched the jtags and dev. env. on
> google
> > and i read some group messages but i do not know what i should buy as a
> > jtag. I wanna focus on LPC2468 now. After that i will try an ARM9 based
> uC
> > and then maybe on ARM11. Which jtag(ulink2, jlink, hlink, olimex's
> openocd
> > etc.) and which IDE(keil, IAR, eclipse + (tools) etc) do you suggest me?
> >
> > Thank you all.
> >
> > Serdar
> >
> >
> > --
> Warm regards
> Ashwin
> NGX Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
> http://code.google.com/p/blueboard-lpc214x/
>
sorry about the lack of info. My bugdet is $150-$200 for jtag and i wanna work on ARM as my hobbie not professional. I've checked e-bay and there are some options but not the original versions. for ex. the ulink2 it looks like the original but made in china :) should i trust these kind of things?

Serdar wrote:
> sorry about the lack of info. My bugdet is $150-$200 for jtag and i wanna work on ARM as my hobbie not professional.

In which case your options are very limited.

Consider a personal edition of Rowley CrossWorks @ $150 with a
CrossConnect Lite (JTAG) @ $60. An Amontec JTAG Tiny is another option
for the JTAG @ 60.

Regards,
Richard.

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this budget is only for jtag not for IDE

--- In l..., FreeRTOS Info wrote:
>
> Serdar wrote:
> > sorry about the lack of info. My bugdet is $150-$200 for jtag and i wanna work on ARM as my hobbie not professional.
>
> In which case your options are very limited.
>
> Consider a personal edition of Rowley CrossWorks @ $150 with a
> CrossConnect Lite (JTAG) @ $60. An Amontec JTAG Tiny is another option
> for the JTAG @ 60.
>
> Regards,
> Richard.
>
> + http://www.FreeRTOS.org
> Designed for Microcontrollers. More than 7000 downloads per month.
>
> + http://www.SafeRTOS.com
> Certified by T as meeting the requirements for safety related systems.
>

If you are thinking about OpenOCD then maybe this:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_idx34

Sparkfun has a couple of other devices but they require a parallel port.

Richard