Coldfire: Q on latest CodeWarrior Special Edition debug support

[Harjit]

Does it support Coldfire with the ICD Cable. The ICD cable is a BDM cable that plugs into the parallel port and has a 10 pin connector (0.1", 2x5).

I use this with SingleStep and a 68376 and wanted to know if I could use this cable on a MCF5212 design.

Also, does CodeWarrior Special Edition come with a ROM based monitor that I can use with CodeWarrior so that I can debug over the serial port?

Thanks,

Harjit

Message Edited by CrasyCat on 2007-04-13 11:30 AM

[Harjit]

Thank you for the information.

The reason I am looking for a serial ROM monitor is that I want to use a Coldfire part on a robot.

With BDM, if I am single stepping, it stops the processor to read the Addr/data registers. This will wreak havok on my servo loops.

When I am using a serial ROM monitor, I can set the servo loop interrupt level to be higher level than the serial ROM monitor so I can do source level debugging as well as have the servo loop running. I have this running on a 68376 based system and it works quite well.

Regards.

[CrasyCat]

Hello

  For CW Coldfire we support following P&E interface cable:

       - Cyclone Max

       - USB-ML-CFE

       - BDML-CF

       - BDML-CFLV

       - CABLE-CF

The cable used for debugging on CPU32 (68376) cannot be used for debugging on Coldfire. You need another cable.You need a 26-pin connector on the board.

There is no ROM monitor connection available in special edition.

CrasyCat

[Harjit]

Thank you for the prompt response.

Can you tell me which version of CodeWarrior includes the ROM monitor?

I thought I read documentation that said that I could get away with a 10 pin connection on Coldfire processors for BDM. Am I mistaken? This is a concern because my board won't have space for the 26 pin connector...

Thanks,

Harjit

[CrasyCat]

Hello

BDM connector layout is defined by the hardware and as far as I know the connector for Coldfire is 26 pins.

I do not think you can debug/connect to a Coldfire board without the standard BDM connector.

We do not have ROM monitor available for debugging on Coldfire.

If you are looking for a low cost debug solution, you may want to look into following Post from the Coldfire Forum: http://forums.freescale.com/freescale/board/message?board.id=CFCOMM&message.id=624

This may be working for you too.

CrasyCat