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Amontec's Cameleon POD

Started by Blagoj Kupev July 5, 2005
Hi to all,
I'm new in ARM7 world, and now I'd like to buy jtag compatible interface
for debugging/programming issues. I saw that Amontec offers interesting
tool: "Cameleon" that can work as Macraigor's Raven, but i need opinion
from experienced users of ARM7 processors. Also I'm considering UJTAG
from Keil? Please help me to make right choice, or maybe you can propose
to me other JTAG. I want to use it with gnu tools, or IDE's that support
GNU compilers/tools like Keil.
Best regards,
Blagoj


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Blagoj Kupev" <bkupev@bkup...>
To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:02 AM
Subject: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD > Hi to all,
> I'm new in ARM7 world, and now I'd like to buy jtag compatible interface
> for debugging/programming issues. I saw that Amontec offers interesting
> tool: "Cameleon" that can work as Macraigor's Raven, but i need opinion
> from experienced users of ARM7 processors. Also I'm considering UJTAG
> from Keil? Please help me to make right choice, or maybe you can propose
> to me other JTAG. I want to use it with gnu tools, or IDE's that support
> GNU compilers/tools like Keil.

My JTAG design in the Files area works fine as a Wiggler-alike, and will run
faster than the real thing. I've got an Amontec Chameleon and that also
works OK for me, emulating a Raven. I've only used them with the LPC2106.

FWIW, The Chameleon also worked OK as a Xilinx Parallel Cable III when I
tried it with a Xilinx CPLD.

Leon ---
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Buy the Bulgarian Special... You just can't go wrong at the price. :-)

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CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR and now MAXQ processors

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blagoj Kupev [mailto:bkupev@bkup...]
> Sent: 05 July 2005 10:29
> To: lpc2000@lpc2...
> Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD
>
> Hi Heller,
> Do you think it is worth to spend money on Cameleon or i
> should stay on wiggler?
> Regards,
> Blagoj > Na 05.07.2005 12:15 Leon Heller rece:
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Blagoj Kupev" <bkupev@bkup...>
> >To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:02 AM
> >Subject: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi to all,
> >>I'm new in ARM7 world, and now I'd like to buy jtag
> compatible interface
> >>for debugging/programming issues. I saw that Amontec offers
> interesting
> >>tool: "Cameleon" that can work as Macraigor's Raven, but i
> need opinion
> >>from experienced users of ARM7 processors. Also I'm
> considering UJTAG
> >>from Keil? Please help me to make right choice, or maybe
> you can propose
> >>to me other JTAG. I want to use it with gnu tools, or IDE's
> that support
> >>GNU compilers/tools like Keil.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >My JTAG design in the Files area works fine as a
> Wiggler-alike, and will run
> >faster than the real thing. I've got an Amontec Chameleon
> and that also
> >works OK for me, emulating a Raven. I've only used them with
> the LPC2106.
> >
> >FWIW, The Chameleon also worked OK as a Xilinx Parallel
> Cable III when I
> >tried it with a Xilinx CPLD.
> >
> >Leon
> >
> >
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Hi Heller,
Do you think it is worth to spend money on Cameleon or i should stay on
wiggler?
Regards,
Blagoj Na 05.07.2005 12:15 Leon Heller rece:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Blagoj Kupev" <bkupev@bkup...>
>To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:02 AM
>Subject: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD >
>
>>Hi to all,
>>I'm new in ARM7 world, and now I'd like to buy jtag compatible interface
>>for debugging/programming issues. I saw that Amontec offers interesting
>>tool: "Cameleon" that can work as Macraigor's Raven, but i need opinion
>>from experienced users of ARM7 processors. Also I'm considering UJTAG
>>from Keil? Please help me to make right choice, or maybe you can propose
>>to me other JTAG. I want to use it with gnu tools, or IDE's that support
>>GNU compilers/tools like Keil.
>>
>>
>
>My JTAG design in the Files area works fine as a Wiggler-alike, and will run
>faster than the real thing. I've got an Amontec Chameleon and that also
>works OK for me, emulating a Raven. I've only used them with the LPC2106.
>
>FWIW, The Chameleon also worked OK as a Xilinx Parallel Cable III when I
>tried it with a Xilinx CPLD.
>
>Leon >---
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Blagoj Kupev" <bkupev@bkup...>
To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD > Hi Heller,
> Do you think it is worth to spend money on Cameleon or i should stay on
> wiggler?
> Regards,

If the Wiggler is fast enough for you and you don't need to use other
devices like FPGAs, there isn't much point in changing.

Leon ---
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Curtis" <plc@plc@...>
To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD > Buy the Bulgarian Special... You just can't go wrong at the price. :-)

You do need to link pins 8 and 15 at the DB-25 connector, for it to work
with the current MacRaigor software. I don't think that Olimex have got
round to modifying it yet.

It's fine with the Rowley tools, of course.

Leon ---
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As long as you use an older version of the macraigor tools (see my site
below) you don't need the hardware mod:

ftp://stimpy.nuked.org/rod/arm/macraigor/

- Rod

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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Leon Heller wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Curtis" <plc@plc@...>
> To: <lpc2000@lpc2...>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:27 AM
> Subject: RE: [lpc2000] Amontec's Cameleon POD >> Buy the Bulgarian Special... You just can't go wrong at the price. :-)
>
> You do need to link pins 8 and 15 at the DB-25 connector, for it to work
> with the current MacRaigor software. I don't think that Olimex have got
> round to modifying it yet.
>
> It's fine with the Rowley tools, of course.
>
> Leon > ---
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> > Buy the Bulgarian Special... You just can't go wrong at the
price. :-)

thanks Paul ;)

> You do need to link pins 8 and 15 at the DB-25 connector, for it to
work
> with the current MacRaigor software. I don't think that Olimex have
got
> round to modifying it yet.

Leon, you are wrong, all our ARM-JTAGs shipped after January this
year have the 8-15 mod

Best regards
Tsvetan
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> > You do need to link pins 8 and 15 at the DB-25 connector, for it to
> work
> > with the current MacRaigor software. I don't think that Olimex have
> got
> > round to modifying it yet.
>
> Leon, you are wrong, all our ARM-JTAGs shipped after January this
> year have the 8-15 mod

It depends ... I bought one in april that wasn't modified. I bought it
through demotech in Denmark.

/Sen



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