Setup Eclipse/GCC for C++ and mbed project debugging

RE: Setup Eclipse/GCC for C++ and mbed project debugging

Ric — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:29:47 GMT

Hi Christopher, Thank you for your response. I tried following the cookbook but I was unable to setup the code sourcery toolchain but I was unable to setup that in Eclipse.

RE: Setup Eclipse/GCC for C++ and mbed project debugging

Christopher — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:33:21 GMT

What about the GCC4MBED project ? github.com/.../gcc4mbed. Here is a setup guide: developer.mbed.org/.../eclipse-for-building-and-debugging

You can also try to create an mbed "Hello World" project from the mbed online IDE and then export the project to Eclipse (with the repositories / libraires). Here is a guide.

@mjdietz2 Using the GNU Arm Eclipse plugin you can link any library or source code (can be the nRF SDK or mbed SDK) with ease. You can configure the project using a GUI and Eclipse will generate a Makefile automatically for you. There is plenty of documentation and guide about this. GCC, GDB and OpenOCD comes for free - it's a one click button.

RE: Setup Eclipse/GCC for C++ and mbed project debugging

Ric — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:02:34 GMT

Thanks Micheal, I will give it a try and come back if this works.

RE: Setup Eclipse/GCC for C++ and mbed project debugging

Michael Dietz — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:46:36 GMT

Hey, I only debugged an mbed application once and it was about a year ago. But maybe this will help. If I remember correctly you can convert an mbed project to a Keil project, and then compile and debug in Keil. I'm guessing Keil isn't an option either because of platform or code limit for free version. And setting up eclipse and GCC and debugging is a huge pain, and doing it with an mbed project sounds like a nightmare.

Try this. Convert the mbed project to a keil project. Follow this blog post I just made and import that keil project into Segger Embedded Studio (free IDE that uses the GCC compiler but has great debugging features). Now compile and debug the application from here. devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../

This is the best workaround I can think of and keep in mind I am no expert with mbed