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Electronics => Microcontrollers => Topic started by: ilg on December 09, 2015, 01:57:56 pm

Title: GNU ARM Eclipse is now available from Eclipse Marketplace
Post by: ilg on December 09, 2015, 01:57:56 pm
Overview

The GNU ARM Eclipse project (https://github.com/gnuarmeclipse) includes a set of open source Eclipse plug-ins and tools to create/build/debug/manage ARM (32-bits) and AArch64 (64-bits) applications and static/shared libraries, using the latest GNU ARM GCC toolchains. 

Eclipse Marketplace

Aiming to further improve the user experience while installing/updating the plug-ins, the GNU ARM Eclipse project was registered to Eclipse Marketplace (https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/gnu-arm-eclipse):

(http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/assets/images/2015/eclipse-marketplace-home.png)

Benefits

The main advantage of using the Eclipse Marketplace is a simplified install procedure, no longer requiring to manually enter the update site address.

The Install button

The Eclipse Marketplace not only provides a centralised index to locate projects, it goes one step further and provides a drag-and-drop browser button.

(http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/assets/images/2015/eclipse-marketplace-button.png)

As seen above, the button can be included in any web page.

To use it, just drag-and-drop the button to a running Eclipse, and the plug-ins to install/update will be automatically identified:

(http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/assets/images/2015/eclipse-marketplace-features.png)

If, for any reason, this does not work, it is always possible to search the Eclipse Marketplace manually from within Eclipse menus:

(http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/assets/images/2015/eclipse-marketplace-search.png)

More info

For more details about the GNU ARM Eclipse project, please refer to the project site http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/ (http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/).
Title: Re: GNU ARM Eclipse is now available from Eclipse Marketplace
Post by: Brutte on December 09, 2015, 07:44:59 pm
Well, I never had any problems with installation of your wonderful plug-in or packs (huge thanks!) even though several clicks were needed. Now with marketplace integration that would be even closer to one-click-to-install IDE for ARMs (like with commercial IDEs).

What is next? Wizarding?

I'd love to have the uVision-compatible configuration wizard annotations (https://www.keil.com/pack/doc/CMSIS/Pack/html/_config_wizard.html#configWizard_display).
Title: Re: GNU ARM Eclipse is now available from Eclipse Marketplace
Post by: ilg on December 09, 2015, 08:07:10 pm
> uVision-compatible configuration wizard annotations

a future version this might bring this too (please add a new enhancement request in GitHub Issues to be sure I don't forget about it), but before this a new wizard to create projects from packs will be implemented.

Title: Re: GNU ARM Eclipse is now available from Eclipse Marketplace
Post by: bson on December 14, 2015, 12:41:03 am
Including support for OpenOCD?  The whole edit-compile-program-debug cycle?  If so, nice!!!
Title: Re: GNU ARM Eclipse is now available from Eclipse Marketplace
Post by: ilg on December 14, 2015, 08:27:10 am
Quote from: bson on December 14, 2015, 12:41:03 am
Including support for OpenOCD?  The whole edit-compile-program-debug cycle?  If so, nice!!!

yes, the whole cycle, with debugging support, ready to run templates, emulator, and many more.