OpenOCD based IDE for ARM processor based embedded system

Abstract

Open

On-­‐Chip

Debugger

was

originally

created

by

Dominic

Rath

as

part

of

a

diploma

thesis

at

the

University

of

Applied

Sciences.

Over

the

years,

OpenOCD

has

been

developed

in

a

way

that

would

not

require

Cygwin

anymore.

This

means

that

it

is

toolchain

independent,

and

can

now

support

more

sophisticated

applications,

one

of

which

being

embedded

system

debugging

and

compiling.

This

is

done

with

the

help

of

toolchains

like

YAGARTO,

WinARM,

GNUARM

etc.

These

toolchains

comprise

GNU

binutils,

compiler

set

(GCC)

as

well

as

the

C/C++

compilers

that

help

them

to

communicate

with

OpenOCD

and

the

JTAG

debugger

under

various

operating

platforms.

This

project

aims

to

create

a

debugging

system

that

is

integrated

through

a

JTAG

interface

over

USB.

The

system

is

also

integrated

with

the

Eclipse

IDE

to

provide

convenient

tools

for

compiling

and

debugging.

This

system

is

then

used

to

perform

tests

on

the

ARM9

development

board.

OpenOCD

is

integrated

with

Eclipse

as

a

GDB

server

to

provide

communication

using

a

Client-­‐Server

architecture.

In

this

project,

the

exact

procedure

to

create

this

system

on

a

Windows

7

operating

platform

will

be

explained.

Also

the

future

applications

of

this

system

and

the

enhancement

of

this

system

will

be

talked

about.