Dear Frank,
In message 1ba63b520903110250s4b006e0foe8ff2f08b4fd3efc@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
I agree that a generic solution is better, but.... We use the Abatron BDI3000 for our current project (using the bdiGDB firmware for the MPC5xx/8xx). If we want to use this JTAG/BDM with, say an ARM processor, we must pay Abatron appox. half the price of a new BDI when switching firmware.
Um... not really. Normally the price for the firmware alone is less than 40% of the price for the bundle BDI3000 with firmware.
I think the cost here eats up the advantage of having a generic product.
Well, with hardware-specific products you always have to pay the full price. That's even worse. And probably your interfaces (including the user interface) are changing, too.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk