Writing RTOS Extension for LPCXpresso

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by Sal Ammoniac on Tue Oct 28 08:24:22 MST 2014
Is there any documentation that describes how to write an RTOS extension for LPCXpresso? I'd like to write one so I can easy look at the task control blocks, stacks, and other data structures of the tasks implemented by my RTOS. I didn't see anything in the LPCXpresso User Guide related to this topic.

[lpcware]

Content originally posted in LPCWare by lpcxpresso-support on Tue Oct 28 08:47:57 MST 2014
As LPCXpresso is based on Eclipse/CDT, writing a plugin for RTOS awareness involves writing a CDT plugin - and will work on most versions of Eclipse-based tools, so is not specific to LPCXpresso.

I know of a couple of companies that have done this (but there are likely many more - I just don't know of them). They are Code Confidence with their eCos awareness and Wittenstein with their OpenRTOS (FreeRTOS) awareness.

To ensure you start off with the right versions, LPCXpresso uses the Debug Services Framework (DSF) facilities in CDT. LPCXpresso 7.4 is based on Eclipse 4.4 ('Luna') and CDT 8.5.