ADuC Debugging and USPEAR

Hello everyone.

I have been using uV2 for the ADuC family for a couple of years now and love it..But am finally at the point where I need to do in circuit debugging...I can't get by with simulating anymore...

a) Analog says buy Aspire from Accutron(I would rather not)

b) Accutron says they have a "new" debug tool plus IDE called USpear (would be kind of nice using the Single pin EA emulation instead of doing it through the uart which is already used elsewhere anyway)

c) Keil says that I could use uV2 to debug through USpear.
http://www.keil.com/uvision/agdi/416.htm

d) Accutron has a driver set that theoretically supports USPEAR being used by Keil.
www.accutron.com/.../Keil-spear.zip

So my questions as these

1) Does any of this actually work as described? I would LOVE to just buy the USPEAR thing and plug it in, use uV2 and move on. The threads on this topic seem patchy and advice from anyone with experience with this hardware, software combo would be greatly appreciated.

2) Should I just use ISD51 and deal with the uart issue? Havent used it before and am a little wary on the learning curve.

MG

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  • 1) Does any of this actually work as described? I would LOVE to just buy the USPEAR thing and plug it in, use uV2 and move on.

    I am using a similar setup right now. And yes, it works lie that - buy Aspire from Accutron, ignore Accutrons IDE and compiler (or, if you want to see how good Keils C51 actually is, compare it to Aspire), install the SPEAR driver for Keil and use it with uVision.

    Be aware, however, that SPEAR is pretty much a toy when it comes to emulators. Don't get your hopes up too high.

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  • 1) Does any of this actually work as described? I would LOVE to just buy the USPEAR thing and plug it in, use uV2 and move on.

    I am using a similar setup right now. And yes, it works lie that - buy Aspire from Accutron, ignore Accutrons IDE and compiler (or, if you want to see how good Keils C51 actually is, compare it to Aspire), install the SPEAR driver for Keil and use it with uVision.

    Be aware, however, that SPEAR is pretty much a toy when it comes to emulators. Don't get your hopes up too high.

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