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

[Simon Eatough]

James
For avr-gcc info checkout http://www.openavr.org/

Simon.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jamesfit at paradise.net.nz>
To: <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>; "Eugene Van Wyk" <Eugene.VanWyk at 4rf.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: GCC cross compilers - was RE: [wellylug] Meeting and Installfest


> 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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