topic Re: KDS Register View in Kinetis Design Studio

KDS Register View

Toe — Wed, 28 May 2014 22:00:10 GMT

Does KDS have a view that shows all of the registers in the MCU like CodeWarrior? The register tab in the debug perspective only shows "General Registers", I find that the GPIO/ADC/etc registers are helpful when getting a new piece of code that isn't working properly up and running. Is this implemented under a setting that I've missed?

KDS Registers

CodeWarrior Registers

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Thu, 29 May 2014 15:26:36 GMT

Hi Ryan,

no, you are not missing anything. That CodeWarrior peripheral register view is CodeWarrior specific, and not part of KDS :-( .

However, I managed to this for my FRDM-K64F board:

Unfortunately to get there, it requires some plugin tweaking. I have it running for the K64F and that works fine for me.

Let me know what board/device you are using.

If there is any interest, then I could write up an article how this can be done.

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

Toe — Thu, 29 May 2014 15:39:54 GMT

I'm using a K22MX256 on a custom board right now. It's not a huge deal, but I would be interested if you're willing to write something up! I have a few of those FRDM boards as well (K20 and KE02 and one more it seems I've misplaced).

Thanks for the reply.

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Thu, 29 May 2014 19:18:02 GMT

Hi Ryan,

are you sure this is a K22M device? K22FN? K22FX? K22DX? K22DN?

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

Toe — Thu, 29 May 2014 19:32:23 GMT

Guess it's good you asked because I told you wrong. It's a MK22DX256. My apologies, not sure where that initial part came from!

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Thu, 29 May 2014 20:32:09 GMT

Ok, that makes sense now :-)

I have described the steps how to install the plugin (plus the needed patch for Kinetis devices) here:

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

Let me know what you think.

Best regards,

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

Toe — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:46:00 GMT

That's pretty simple to install, thanks for putting together such a thorough guide! Doesn't look like my exact chip is supported, though. It has a MK22F12 which, like most Kinetis parts, has similar registers. There are some awkward places that may be due to the part not being correct or not completely supported:

There should be 32 pin control registers for port B, but it only shows the first one. The location is correct, though.

There are a few other instances similar to this, but overall it is quite useful and better than the default register view.

Thanks again for this and all the other work you do on your mcuoneclipse blog.

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:18:48 GMT

Yes, these items with the %s only show the first register. There is a problem in this register view because the %s items are 'array of register' items, and they are not handled correctly yet.

Need to see if and how this can be improved in the plugin, as not all aspects of CMSIS-SVD are handled yet.

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:50:51 GMT

I have implemented last night initial support for %s (CMSIS-SVD dimElementGroup). Anyone interested to try it out?

Re: KDS Register View

Toe — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:54:06 GMT

Absolutely, I'll try it out.

Re: Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:05:15 GMT

attached is an updated plugin (replace your current plugin with it).

I try to publish a short write-up in the blog tonight if I find time.

Erich

Re: Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:34:18 GMT

I have put up the full package now: EmbSys Registers View with CMSIS-SVD dimElementGroup | MCU on Eclipse

Re: KDS Register View

piotrek — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:57:57 GMT

Hello Erich,

The K64 seems to be implementing Data Watchpoint and Trace (DWT) unit. Would it be possible to add DWT registers to the EmbSys Registers view? I would find DWT_CYCCNT quite handy.

Regards,

Piotr

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:27:13 GMT

Hi Piotr,

yes, that would be possible. But so far ARM indicates that the core peripherals (like NVIC, etc) shall not be part of the CMSIS-SVD files, so they are missing in the files provided by Freescale (and other vendors).

But nothing should prevent to have those added to the XML files.

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

piotrek — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:38:27 GMT

Hi Erich,

XML file shouldn't be to difficult to modify. Would you know of any document describing expected structure of this file?

Piotr

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:46:42 GMT

Hi Piotr,

see http://www.keil.com/pack/doc/CMSIS/SVD/html/index.html

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

Fan_xy — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:14:46 GMT

Hi Erich,

I have refer to your tutorials (How to Add Register Details View in Eclipse | MCU on Eclipse) did step by step , and also

Updated Eclipse EmbSysReg Viewer with extra Freescale SVD Files . while in my kds ,it still can't check the freescale' products.

"Unpack the archive files over your ‘eclipse’ folder." can you tell me what's the meaning of this words ? and put the "FSL_SVD_Patch V0.3 for EmbSysReg" to where ? I put it here :

it doesn't work ,then i put them to here :

it still can't work .

What should I do ?

Re: KDS Register View

BlackNight — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:34:37 GMT

Hi Linda,

The zip file contains an eclipse folder with features and plugins:

You need to unpack these files and place it over your existing eclipse folder of KDS:

it will replace a few files and add all the new CMSIS-SVD files.

I hope this helps,

Erich

Re: KDS Register View

Fan_xy — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:57:43 GMT

Hi Erich,

Yes , I unpack the file .

Do you meaning "delete the eclipsee of KDS , then copy the eclipse of FSL_SVD_Patch V0.3 for EmbSysRegV0.2.4 to the KDS " ?

Re: KDS Register View

Fan_xy — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 07:05:45 GMT

Hi Erich,

I can slect the chip of freescale, while when i click "ok" , it show nothing .

Thank you a lot !

Linda