Toolchain for the MPC 5554

[severin]

Hello,

I am just starting to work with the MPC5554 and was wondering what free (ideally open source) development environments are available for this platform.  Currently I am using CodeWarrior 5.9, which was supplied on a CD with the board. Running Code in debug mode works fine (I am currently just turning LEDs on and off again), but I currently do not seem to be able to permanently flash my source code to the board. Are there dedicated flash tools needed for that task?

Thank you for your time,

Severin

[davidtosenovjan · Accepted solution]

Mentioned free CodeWarrior (Special Edition) is 2.10 and offers following:

- Classic IDE

- C compiler and C source-level debugger–code and data size restricted to 128 KB

- P&E Flash programmer and debugger

- CodeWarrior build tools can be used with Lauterbach and iSYSTEM debuggers and hardware

Paid version (Standard Suite) offers:

- Classic IDE

- Unlimited assembler

- Unlimited C/C++ compiler and source-level debugger

- P&E flash programmer and debugger

- Profiler

- OSEK kernel-aware debugging

- PC-lint plug-in support

http://www.nxp.com/files/soft_dev_tools/doc/fact_sheet/950-00437.pdf

[severin]

Hello David,

thank you for your answer. Do you know of any alternatives, particularly if it is possible to work with gcc and gdb?

Cheers,

Severin

[davidtosenovjan]

Possibly yes, but I don't have any experience with that.

Try to look here. maybe it helps you:

P&E Microcomputer Systems: Over 30 years as an Industry leader in Embedded Systems Development Tools...

[severin]

Hello David,

thank you for your help!

Cheers,

Severin