Embedded Linux Development Using Eclipse
Description
Key Features
- Details the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) essential to streamlining your embedded development process
- Overview of the latest C/C++ Developer's Toolkit (CDT)
- Includes case studies of Eclipse use including Monta Vista, LynuxWorks, and Wind River
Readership
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing Eclipse
History
Eclipse Public License
Status of Eclipse
So What is Eclipse Anyway?
What can you do with Eclipse?
Summary
Resources
Chapter 2 Installation
System Requirements
Obtaining Eclipse
Installation
Installing Eclipse under Windows
Embedded Software Development on Windows
Summary
Chapter 3 Getting Started
Start Eclipse
Basic Concepts
Perspectives, editors and views
Menus
Configuring Eclipse
Summary
Chapter 4 C/C++ Developers’ Toolkit (CDT)
Obtaining the Sample Source Code
Creating a New Project
Adding Source Code to the Project
The Program
Building the Project
Debugging the Project
Linking Projects
Refactoring
Summary
Resources
Chapter 5 Eclipse CDT – Digging Deeper
User-supplied Makefiles
Thermostat internals
Debugging multi-threaded programs
Working with embedded target hardware
Summary
Chapter 6 Device Software Development Platform
Adding on to Eclipse
Target Management and the Remote System Explorer (RSE)
Native Application Builder (NAB)
Other DSDP subprojects
Summary
Chapter 7 Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)
Installing the PDE
So what is a plug-in
Our first plug-in
Building and exporting a plug-in
Exploring further
Rich Client Platform (RCP)
Summary
Resources
Chapter 8 Eclipse Advanced Features
UML
CVS
Summary
Resources
Chapter 9 Eclipse-based Development Products
Why buy it?
LynuxWorks – Luminosity
MontaVista – DevRocket
Wind River – Workbench
Summary
Appendix A – The Eclipse Public License
Open Source Initiative OSI - Eclipse Public License v 1.0
Product details
- No. of pages: 264
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Newnes 2008
- Published: November 13, 2008
- Imprint: Newnes
- Paperback ISBN: 9780750686549
- eBook ISBN: 9780080942797
About the Author
Doug Abbott
Doug Abbott is the principal of Intellimetrix, a consulting firm in Silver City, NM, specializing in hardware and software for industrial and scientific data acquisition and embedded product applications. Among his past and pre-sent clients are Agilent Technologies, Tektronix, Sandia National Laboratory and numerous smaller high-tech com-panies in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Abbott has over thirty years experience in various aspects of computer hardware and software design and has been an independent consultant for the past fifteen years. Prior to founding Intellimetrix, he managed software de-velopment for DSP Technology, Inc, a leading supplier of high-speed instrumentation.
Doug is also a popular instructor and seminar leader, who teaches classes in PC technology and real-time program-ming for University of California Berkeley Extension. He has taught the techniques of real-time programming and multi-tasking operating systems to hundreds of professional engineers. These classes can also be customized and made available for on-site presentation.
Mr. Abbott received an MSEE degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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SetonSchroeder Mon Oct 01 2018
Good depth into Project configuration
Good depth into Project configuration settings.