Analog Devices 82-003536-01 Selecting the Right Combination of Tools, Scenario, Evaluation Tools

Evaluation Tools

•14-pin JTAG connector

•3-meter USB cable for difficult to reach targets

Selecting the Right Combination of Tools

Knowing which tools to use is critical to ensuring a quick development cycle. There are many options for software and hardware development tools. Two of the most common scenarios described in this section con- tain circumstances encountered by other developers along with recommended solutions. Your needs may be similar to one of the follow- ing scenarios.

Scenario 1

Question. We are a small design house with one software engineer and one hardware engineer for this project. We cannot afford a substantial initial investment in tools. What do you recommend?

Answer. Purchase a SHARC EZ-KIT Lite evaluation system (for example, p/n: ADZS-21364-EZLITE).

This hardware platform allows you to begin software development.

By interfacing components to the board’s expansion headers, the platform can serve as the basis for a hardware prototype. The EZ-KIT Lite evaluation system includes VisualDSP++, but the software license restricts various capabilities (debug agent connectivity only and reduced program size allowance).

Obtain a TestDrive serial number on the Analog Devices Web site at:

http://www.analog.com/processors/tools/testdrive

When the TestDrive license expires, consider purchasing a full seat of VisualDSP++ (p/n: VDSP-SHARC-PC-FULL).

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