GCC cross compilers - was RE: [wellylug] Meeting and Installfest

[jamesfit at paradise.net.nz]

Hi Eugene,

> Thanks for the pointer. I will go and have a look. I know the Eagle
> package, but have not tried the Linux implementation.

No problem :-) Eage is pretty much exactly the same on both platforms so if you 
have used the Windows version the linux version should be no trouble.

> Is there any easy to use documentation to get GCC to do all this fancy
> stuff. If it can do mega128, it will surely do the others, but how do I
> change the beasts behaviour?

There is a ton of info on building GCC for cross targets on the web. 

A couple of links for you:
http://www.sthoward.com/CrossGCC/
http://slacy.com/phpwiki/?pagename=avr-gcc

I have a bunch more at home, if you like I can dig them out and email them to 
you.

building GCC for a cross target is really pretty easy. It's pretty much all 
about the configure options.
With certain targets you may have to get C librarys written specifically for 
the target achitecture (the avr has it's own C library).

Cheers,
James


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jamesfit at paradise.net.nz [mailto:jamesfit at paradise.net.nz] 
> Sent: Monday, 8 September 2003 9:55 a.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: RE: [wellylug] Meeting and Installfest
> 
> Hi Eugene,
> 
> > How about CAD/CAM software if any. (VHDL/Verilog type stuff, PCB
> > layout, design and modelling)
> 
> Have you looked into the following software?
> - Eagle for pcb layout (www.cadsoft.de)
> - icarus verilog for verilog simulation and synthesis
> - gtkwave for wave form analysis
> - You can run the latest Xilinx tools under wine for fpga and cpld
> synthesis 
> and programming
>  
> > Cross platform compilers/IDE's for 8 and 16 bit microprocessors.
> > (Motorola, Zilog, Atmel etc.)
> 
> The GNU GCC compiler toolchain can be configured as a cross compiler
> for
> a huge 
> range of 8,16 and 32 bit micros. I am using if for Motorola 68332 and
> AVR 
> Mega128 stuff at the moment.
> 
> HTH,
> James Fitzsimons
> 
> 
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