Sourcery CodeBench

Develop with greater insight into your bare-metal and Linux-based embedded systems

Sourcery CodeBench goes beyond just the compiler to provide developers with open source, embedded C/C++ development tools to create, debug, optimize, and analyze embedded software on ARM, ColdFire, IA32, MIPS, Power, and other architectures.

Creating & Debugging Linux Apps Using CodeBench for ARM

Creating & Debugging Linux Apps Using CodeBench for ARM

: This video shows how to create an application for a target that is running Linux, download the application to the target, and remotely debug an application that is running on a target using Sourcery CodeBench.

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For more detail view the accompanying white paper

New in Sourcery CodeBench Spring 2013 Release

Sourcery CodeBench Releases Fall 2012 (2012.09) Spring 2013 (2013.05)
New Codebench Features
  • Code size optimization improvements
  • Multiple ease-of-use improvements including: Launch configuration creation from new project wizard, fast access to Board Builder, added a new Target view
  • Static code analysis (Codan) checkers. Breakpoint improvements, including manually creating breakpoints on function name, support for non-stop debugging and more
  • Refer to the Getting Started Guide for a complete list of features & improvements
  • Visualize and analyze complex software behavior and performance issues with Sourcery Analyzer.
  • Integrated support for the Ashling Vitra-XD trace probe.
  • Improved single source line step performance.
  • Automatic breakpoint synchronization between GDB console and Breakpoints view.
  • Updated Segger J-Link debug probe support.
  • GIT repository support.
  • Provide quick feedback using the "Rate Sourcery CodeBench" stars in the status bar.
  • Speed repeated builds with Compile Caching
  • Directly submit support requests with all necessary supporting details via the IDE.
  • Participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program to help Mentor Graphics improve future versions of Sourcery CodeBench
New Sourcery Analyzer Features
  • Windows development host support.
  • Use Sourcery Analyzer to trace running processes.
  • Improved support for tracing applications which use multiple processes and forks. Enhancements include improvements to data collection, analysis agents, and visualization.
  • Reduced target overhead by more selectively enabling LTTng tracepoints.
New Hardware Support
  • ARM Cortex A15
  • Freescale QorIQ: P1022DS, P2020, P2020RDB, P4080DS
  • Freescale PowerQUICC III MPC8572E
  • Optimized runtime library for the ARMv7E-M architecture used by the ARM Cortex-M4 core.
  • Optimized hard float runtime library for the vfpv3-d16 FPU used by the ARM Cortex-R4F core.
  • New board definition for the Texas Instruments Stellaris�� LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board (EK-LM4F120XL)
  • New board definition for the ST Microelectronics STM32F4DISCOVERY kit for STM32 F4 series with the STM32F407 MCU
  • New board definition for the Mentor Graphics CDD926 Virtual Target when debugged with the Mentor Embedded Sourcery Virtual Probe
Open Source Components
GNU Programming Tools
GNU Compiler Collection 4.7.2 4.7.3
GNU Binary Utilities 2.23.51 2.23.52
Sourcery CodeBench IDE
Eclipse IDE Juno (3.8.1) Juno (3.8.1)
C/C++ Development Tools 8.1 8.1
Debugger and Simulators
GNU Debugger 7.4.50 7.4.50
QEMU Emulator 1.0.50 1.0.50
Target Libraries
GNU C Library 2.16 2.17
Linux Kernel Headers 3.5.4 3.8.2