topic Re: KDS new release in Kinetis Design Studio

KDS new release

piergiovannigor — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:33:13 GMT

Is a new KDS release with features similar to CodeWarrior 10.6 planned ?

Re: KDS new release

TICS_Fiona — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:08:26 GMT

KDS is a free, basic tool IDE option for Kinetis. The next release v3.0.0 will include new Kinetis part support and fix the know problems.

The post below could be helpful for user to learn KDS features.

https://community.freescale.com/thread/322463

Fiona Kuang

Technical Information & Commercial Support

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Re: KDS new release

BlackNight — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:07:45 GMT

Hi PierGiovanni,

which particular feature are you missing?

Erich

Re: KDS new release

piergiovannigor — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:15:56 GMT

HI Erich,

one and probably the most important is the visualization of the values of memory locations, registers and periferal registers while the programm is running.

Without this feature in most cases the debug is difficult or impossible due to the interaction of the software to the real world, es. reaction to external events.

PierGiovanni

Re: KDS new release

BlackNight — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:20:45 GMT

Hi PierGiovanni,

there is a solution for this, see

http://mcuoneclipse.com/2014/05/29/how-to-add-register-details-view-in-eclipse/

EmbSys Registers View with CMSIS-SVD dimElementGroup | MCU on Eclipse

http://mcuoneclipse.com/2014/09/27/updated-eclipse-embsysreg-viewer-with-extra-freescale-svd-files/

Erich

Re: KDS new release

piergiovannigor — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 08:00:25 GMT

Hi Erich,

I follow "MCU on Eclipse", a place to find many interesting things.

Time ago I have installed the software you suggest, but may be i have something not clear or i have a limitation on the hardware used for the test ( a Freedom K64F board),so i can see the updated values of memory and registers only after a breakpoint.

In this way i can debug in the lab the flow of the software, but in the field i can't stop the machine or the controlled process.

To tune for example the parameters for a PID regulator i must add to the software a way to display in a terminal the data of my interest.

KDS has also some noisy features: The debugger starts slowly, some settings of the perspective are lost when the debugger is closed.

CW classic IDE is fast, user friendly; what are the advantegs of Eclipse ?

PierGiovanni

Re: KDS new release

BlackNight — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:49:30 GMT

Hi PierGiovanni,

so then you have probably already seen http://mcuoneclipse.com/2014/09/28/comparing-codewarrior-with-kinetis-design-studio/.

If you need to monitor variables/memory while the target is running, then you can use this: Tutorial: FreeMASTER Visualization and Run-Time Debugging | MCU on Eclipse

The advantage of Eclipse is that it is an open source framwork, and Kinetis Design Studio is complimentary/free of charge and without any limitations.

It is extensible, open source and maintained by a big community, providing plugins and solutions for nearly any needs.

Erich

Re: KDS new release

piergiovannigor — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:26:59 GMT

Hi Erich,

thank you for thr suggestion; soon I will try it.

PierGiovanni