On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj@jcrosoft.com wrote:
On 10:50 Wed 11 Mar , Frank Svendsbøe 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. I think the cost here eats up the advantage of having a generic product.
You work with Steven Zedeck?
No. I just had an opinion regarding the BDI.
If you already have a BDI3000 you will just have to buy the ARM7/9 FW arroud 950€ IIRC
I've already got it, not Mr. Zedeck.. I think 950€ is "a lot" for just the firmware. They've got 6 different bdiGDB versions just for the PPC architecture. I feel that it's wrong to use the term generic when you must pay 950€ and flash the firmware for each new target. But don't get me wrong though, the BDI rocks!
Btw, is any of you guys using the self-made MPCBDM? I'd like to use it on 82xx or 83xx, if possible.
Regards, Frank