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Hello All,
I just wondering if is possible to have a project with a generic ARM7(simulator+compiler). Looking at this page keil.com/.../uv3_ca_cpu_ndatabase.htm seems to be possible but when I downloaded the MDK 3.05 it didn't have this option anymore.. is this restricted to the pay version or just not supported any more?
Obviously I know that if I use this route I won't be able to use peripherals and dialogs already provided by keil. hey! that's a good opportunity to design my own, yea!
RealView MDK is a device specific toolchain. For generic ARM7 (device bring-up support) we offer the RealView Development Suite (see: http://www.keil.com/arm/rvcomparison.asp)
I understand that! but what happen to the generic ARM7 option that I saw in previous revisions?!?!? I rather prefer using uVision-Sim than RV-ISS...
I don't know! it(uvision-sim) just less setup time and it feels straight forward... ISS you need to set dsc files, move dlls to specify location, change memory.c to match you spec, (which is very standard to others), rvdebug is too much... any way... seems that I will use the less desired rvdebug+iss solution.
you guy made a really good sim+agsi, I wish I could use it in my project... =( sad!
Alex; Why not start by using a simple ARM such as the Armel AT91SAM7A1 as a starting device and add the peripherals you need via AGSI? I haven't tried to do this but it seems I could just ignore the simulated peripherals that I don't need. Bradford
Al,
thank you for the suggestion, and I'm actually doing just that!.. I am using a freescale mcu and from there I will design my own agsi drivers.. not optimal but will work..
but the question really is, why did they(keil) remove the generic arm7 option? it doesn't hurt anybody! =( sad!
uVision-Sim is really easy to implement and fun... thank you guys for this simulator and agsi interface, it really rocks!
Alex; I see that Herr Doktor Keil responded to your post so I doubt that you will get a better answer. IMHO the people at ARM would not want to create too much competition amoung their peer products and the extra tech support for generic ARM would be beyond the price of the MDK products. Bradford
I think you nailed down.. everything is about allowing others products to shine! =)
I will dig in my drawer to see if I can find an eval sw that include the ARM7 generic option, and see if I can add it to the uVision database...