BLUETECHNIX - ICE Bear USB JTAG for uCLinux on Blackfin developers

The ICEbear adapter in conjunction with libbfemu, gdbproxy and the GNU toolchain (binutils, gdb, gcc) is a cost effective development tool for Blackfin hardware platforms. It is produced and supported by Martin Strubel (Section5).

Based on a USB 2.0 (1.1 compatible) connection to the host PC, it 'outsources' all the JTAG signal generation to a dedicated JTAG controller, yielding improved timing and signal integrity compared to a classic parallel port connector.

Supported CPUs (in brackets: CPU types that are compatible, but not tested):

* ADSP-BF527 (in upcoming release)
* ADSP-BF533 (BF531, BF532)
* ADSP-BF537 (BF534, BF536)
* ADSP-BF561

Tested platforms:

* CM-BF533 from Bluetechnix
* CM-BF537 from Bluetechnix
* CM-BF561 from Bluetechnix
* ADSP-BF533 EZKIT Lite
* ADSP-BF537 EZKIT Lite
* ADSP-BF561 EZKIT Lite
* STAMP BF533

The ICEbear should basically work on all platforms with ADI compatible JTAG connectors that are designed according to Analog Devices' application note EE-68.

Note that the ICEbear is not supported by Visual DSP!

Features

USB 2.0 (1.1) connection
Support for Linux, Windows 2000/NT/XP
High speed downloads, typical 120 kB/s
Stable timing
Well suited for developers writing their own kernel or kernel drivers.
Debugger support: GDB

Development Support

uClinux is available at http://blackfin.uClinux.org

download JTAG Software from: http://section5.ch/software

Order No.		Info	Status
	190-2201	ICE bear JTAG	available

Check out the Ordering Information here

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