TimeSys is offering a 14-day trial download (registration required) of its development toolkit for embedded Linux. TimeStorm Linux Development Suite (LDS) works with all embedded Linux distributions, supports hundreds of available plugins for the Eclipse 3.0, and is bundled with LDKs supporting 90 specific processors across seven architectures, TimeSys says.

TimeSys was an early proponent of the Eclipse platform for cross-vendor tools integration, first adopting the platform in February of 2003. TimeSys Product Manager and esteemed Linux author William von Hagen has published a series of whitepapers about Eclipse-based tools, including:

• Creating embedded Linux filesystems with graphical tools
• Application development with Eclipse-based IDEs
• Simplifying Embedded Linux Development with Graphical Tools

TimeSys says the free LDS Evaluation Kit will let developers try out development and debugging of applications and kernels, as well as the creation and configuration of root filesystems. The kit includes a sample applications developer's workspace, a GNU-based toolchain, and “complete product and evaluation documentation,” according to TimeSys. The kit requires a Red Hat 9.0-compatible Linux IA-32/x86 host PC.

TimeSys released the latest version of LDS in November of last year. The toolkit is based on Eclipse 3.0, and supports the complete development lifecycle, according to TimeSys, including:

• Board bring-up
  
• Target configuration
  
• Validation
  
• Application development
  
• Porting
  
• System optimization
  
• Debugging
  
• Certification

LDS is included in TimeSys LDKs that support more than 90 target processors, on architectures that include x86, PPC, ARM, XScale, SuperH, SPARC, and MIPS. TimeSys also offers free BSPs (board support packages) for its 90 supported target boards.

Availability

The evaluation version of LDS can be downloaded (after registration) here.

 
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