Today's JTAG Emulation tools need to work with a wide variety of debug environments from Open Source to commercial. To meet this need, the Guardian-SE JTAG Emulator was designed from the ground-up to work with all popular GDB-Based debuggers (GDB, DDD, Insight, Eclipse and others) as well as our own JTAG debugger--Agile-DB. With the popularity of, LINUX and the attendant rise of open source tool use in general, many engineers are looking to GDB based debug tools for embedded development.

GDB based tools are already proven performers for native debugging of LINUX and of embedded systems using the GDB stub protocal over serial or ethernet link.

In recent years, the use of GDB with JTAG emulators has become increasingly popular as well. Embedded Toolsmiths' Guardian-SE JTAG Emulator adds substantial functionalty to existing open source debug tools such as:

Crash Proof Debug
Board Bring-Up Support
Additional Target Detail
Hardware Breakpoints
Hot Plug Support
Target Snapshots
JTAG FLASH Programming
Target Access While Running
Ready-to-Run Pre-Built GDB Executables Supplied for LINUX and Windows

Engineers can now use the same tools for native and embedded LINUX debug and additionally, can leverage the powerful economics of free software for board bring-up and embedded system debug. If users require additional debug power for board bring-up through manufacturing test, our high end C/C++ source level Debugger, Agile-DB is alsoavailable.

Guardian-SE JTAG Emulation with GDB Based Tools: How it Works

Guardian-SE supports all popular GDB based debuggers. Open source debug tools offer a cost effective way to do source level debugging with our Guardian-SE JTAG ICE. Simply connect Guardian-SE to your target; set an IP address and connect with your favorite GDB based Debugger. You can also launch a ‘telnet’ connection to Guardian-SE, giving you access to the full power of the Guardian-SE Command Set.

Please follow the links below for more information:
»Supported FLASH Devices
»Guardian-SE Open Source Support Data Sheet (PDF)

»Open Source Support: GDB with JTAG Debug Tools