P&E Eclipse Update Site for GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins

P&E has just released a new version of their Eclipse plugins for the set of GNU ARM Eclipse debug plugins. The GNU ARM Eclipse plugins from Liviu support OpenOCD and Segger J-link, so with this update or extension it adds P&E support to it. With this, I can use the P&E debug devices (P&E Multilink, Tracelink) or as well the Freescale OpenSDA with it.

PnE Debug Interfaces

To use the P&E plugin, first the Liviu GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins need to be installed, see “DIY Free Toolchain for Kinetis: Part 7 – GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins“.

To install the P&E plugins and updates, point the Eclipse updater to

http://www.pemicro.com/eclipse/updates

PEMicro Eclipse Update Site

With this, I have the needed GDB Server files and panels to work with the P&E debug interfaces:

PnE Debug Interfaces

USB Multilink
OSBDM/OSJTAG
Cyclone
TraceLink
OpenSDA

PnE Debugger Panel

The cool thing is that this includes all necessary files and the GDB server, so makes it really easy to use and install.

Happy P&E-ing

21 thoughts on “P&E Eclipse Update Site for GNU ARM Eclipse Plugins”

Great to have found this, Erich. I’ve tried it with trivial programs on a FRDM-KL05Z and FRDM-KL05Z, and it seem to work fine. I’d spent some time trying to follow the OpenSDA links you gave here: https://mcuoneclipse.com/2013/12/23/diy-free-toolchain-for-kinetis-part-7-gnu-arm-eclipse-plugins/ without achieving success – perhaps you could update that blog to redirect readers to this post.

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Erich Styger on September 18, 2014 at 18:42 said:

Which link(s) did not work? I tried quickly several links, but they work for me?

Thanks,

Erich

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Erich Styger on September 18, 2014 at 20:57 said:

First I was thinking that some links are wrong, but then I got your point :-). I have added a note to the original article now. It is always hard to update old articles (too many by now?).

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Dear Erich,
I’m doing exactly what you write on the post, but when run debug, I got this fault: “Error while launching command: gdb –version”

I’ve search many pages on google but it’s not works. Could you fix this error for me, please!
Thanks for advandce! 🙂

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Erich Styger on December 12, 2014 at 13:21 said:

can you check if the gdb executable exists on your machine? I have seen cases where the virus scanner thinks that the gdb is a virus and removes the file.

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- Hung Pham on December 15, 2014 at 05:08 said:
  
  I have tried to install gdb again but it’s not work, could you give me the link to download the right version of gdb?
  Thanks!
  
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  - Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 05:34 said:
    
    It is on:
    https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded
    
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It’s still not works.
I replace the link to gdb to “gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” in eclipse. But there is the same error.
Are there any other solutions? 😦

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Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 09:23 said:

Does that gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe exist on your system? Can you replace it with the full path to the file? Can check if the gdb.exe can be called from a DOS shell/prompt?

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- Hung Pham on December 15, 2014 at 10:02 said:
  
  Ofcourse that “gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” exists on my system, I can run it and there is a cmd terminal appears on screen when running GDB, but the error still on Eclipse.
  
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  - Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 11:30 said:
    
    Where is the gdb on your system? Can you use an absolute path like
    C:\Freescale\KDS_2.0.0\toolchain\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe
    ?
    Another common problem is that the PATH environment variables has some strange things in it, e.g. a double semicolon (;;). Can you check your PATH variable?
    
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- Hung Pham on December 16, 2014 at 04:45 said:
  
  Sorry about the “test”.
  Why does the path is so important while I link the right path to .exe file of gdb, and that “arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” still works!?
  I checked the path again and there is no duplicate semicolon (;;) in the path.
  I think we are stucked! 😦
  
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  - Erich Styger on December 16, 2014 at 06:20 said:
    
    Hi Hung,
    the path is important because your message indicates that the gdb.exe is not found. I had such a case in my class, and the student did an uninstall and re-installed KDS (if you are using KDS). That somehow solved the problem. Maybe you could give this a try?
    Actually, speaking about KDS: I hope you have installed it in a new folder, and not ‘over’ an existing installation folder?
    
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Anyone got this working on OS X? I got the plugin, but I can’t select a ‘port’ or a ‘device’.

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Erich Styger on February 11, 2015 at 08:04 said:

P&E does not have support for Mac OS X yet.

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- joey on February 11, 2015 at 16:02 said:
  
  Any idea if a Linux VM on OS X would work? How about the J-Link stuff?
  
  I’m just reluctant to set up my Windows machine!
  
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  - Erich Styger on February 11, 2015 at 17:19 said:
    
    Hi Joey,
    I don’t have any experience on Mac OS X. But some students in my class use it with a Windows VM on Mac.
    Erich
    
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  - joey on February 11, 2015 at 19:44 said:
    
    Thanks, I’ll give that a try!
    
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Hi Eric,
Just wondering if you’ve tried the P&E plugin with Eclipse Neon yet – and whether its been successful. I have problems installing the plugin either from the updates site or from the downloaded zip. I’m wondering whether it might be a compatibility issue. It installed fine when i tried Mars but I was hoping to keep up with the latest IDE.
Thanks, Leon

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Erich Styger on September 1, 2016 at 08:42 said:

Hi Leon,
yes, I tried the P&E plugins with Eclipse Neon and it did not work (about a month ago). I have reported the issue to P&E, but I have seen if there is an update on this.
Erich

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acutetech on September 18, 2014 at 15:09 said:

Great to have found this, Erich. I’ve tried it with trivial programs on a FRDM-KL05Z and FRDM-KL05Z, and it seem to work fine. I’d spent some time trying to follow the OpenSDA links you gave here: https://mcuoneclipse.com/2013/12/23/diy-free-toolchain-for-kinetis-part-7-gnu-arm-eclipse-plugins/ without achieving success – perhaps you could update that blog to redirect readers to this post.

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- Erich Styger on September 18, 2014 at 18:42 said:
  
  Which link(s) did not work? I tried quickly several links, but they work for me?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Erich
  
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- Erich Styger on September 18, 2014 at 20:57 said:
  
  First I was thinking that some links are wrong, but then I got your point :-). I have added a note to the original article now. It is always hard to update old articles (too many by now?).
  
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Hung Pham on December 12, 2014 at 11:24 said:

Dear Erich,
I’m doing exactly what you write on the post, but when run debug, I got this fault: “Error while launching command: gdb –version”

I’ve search many pages on google but it’s not works. Could you fix this error for me, please!
Thanks for advandce! 🙂

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- Erich Styger on December 12, 2014 at 13:21 said:
  
  can you check if the gdb executable exists on your machine? I have seen cases where the virus scanner thinks that the gdb is a virus and removes the file.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - Hung Pham on December 15, 2014 at 05:08 said:
    
    I have tried to install gdb again but it’s not work, could you give me the link to download the right version of gdb?
    Thanks!
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 05:34 said:
      
      It is on:
      https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded
      
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Hung Pham on December 15, 2014 at 09:14 said:

It’s still not works.
I replace the link to gdb to “gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” in eclipse. But there is the same error.
Are there any other solutions? 😦

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 09:23 said:
  
  Does that gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe exist on your system? Can you replace it with the full path to the file? Can check if the gdb.exe can be called from a DOS shell/prompt?
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - Hung Pham on December 15, 2014 at 10:02 said:
    
    Ofcourse that “gdb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” exists on my system, I can run it and there is a cmd terminal appears on screen when running GDB, but the error still on Eclipse.
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - Erich Styger on December 15, 2014 at 11:30 said:
      
      Where is the gdb on your system? Can you use an absolute path like
      C:\Freescale\KDS_2.0.0\toolchain\bin\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe
      ?
      Another common problem is that the PATH environment variables has some strange things in it, e.g. a double semicolon (;;). Can you check your PATH variable?
      
      LikeLike
  - Hung Pham on December 16, 2014 at 04:45 said:
    
    Sorry about the “test”.
    Why does the path is so important while I link the right path to .exe file of gdb, and that “arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe” still works!?
    I checked the path again and there is no duplicate semicolon (;;) in the path.
    I think we are stucked! 😦
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - Erich Styger on December 16, 2014 at 06:20 said:
      
      Hi Hung,
      the path is important because your message indicates that the gdb.exe is not found. I had such a case in my class, and the student did an uninstall and re-installed KDS (if you are using KDS). That somehow solved the problem. Maybe you could give this a try?
      Actually, speaking about KDS: I hope you have installed it in a new folder, and not ‘over’ an existing installation folder?
      
      LikeLike
joey on February 11, 2015 at 00:38 said:

Anyone got this working on OS X? I got the plugin, but I can’t select a ‘port’ or a ‘device’.

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- Erich Styger on February 11, 2015 at 08:04 said:
  
  P&E does not have support for Mac OS X yet.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - joey on February 11, 2015 at 16:02 said:
    
    Any idea if a Linux VM on OS X would work? How about the J-Link stuff?
    
    I’m just reluctant to set up my Windows machine!
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - Erich Styger on February 11, 2015 at 17:19 said:
      
      Hi Joey,
      I don’t have any experience on Mac OS X. But some students in my class use it with a Windows VM on Mac.
      Erich
      
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    - joey on February 11, 2015 at 19:44 said:
      
      Thanks, I’ll give that a try!
      
      LikeLike
Leon on September 1, 2016 at 08:26 said:

Hi Eric,
Just wondering if you’ve tried the P&E plugin with Eclipse Neon yet – and whether its been successful. I have problems installing the plugin either from the updates site or from the downloaded zip. I’m wondering whether it might be a compatibility issue. It installed fine when i tried Mars but I was hoping to keep up with the latest IDE.
Thanks, Leon

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- Erich Styger on September 1, 2016 at 08:42 said:
  
  Hi Leon,
  yes, I tried the P&E plugins with Eclipse Neon and it did not work (about a month ago). I have reported the issue to P&E, but I have seen if there is an update on this.
  Erich
  
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  Reply ↓

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