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GPL'd Embedded Development Tools?

Posted by Cliff on from the open-source-in-every-niche dept.

An Anonymous Coward queries: "Is anyone aware of free tools available for embedded digital signal processors? A number of companies (such as, I think, Motorola) used to produce DSP-optimized versions of gcc and the like for their embedded processors, but these days such code seems to be lost. I am a student trying to do homebrew DSP development for some RF apps, and the cost of all the development tools is staggering (not to mention none of them seem to run under Linux). The sole factor in deciding which DSP I use is the availability of development tools -- any suggestions?"

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  1. Re:uClinux by KarlH420 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is not somthing you do DSP with.

  2. Found a few.. by zsazsa · · Score: 3, Informative

    After poking around in the links in the article about the AD2818 EZ-Kit Lite that ran yesterday, I found that there is a version of GCC for several of the Analog Devices DSPs, called G21. It seems pretty old, however (1995), so it probably won't support their latest whiz-bang DSPs.

    C4x GNU Tools appears to have the same thing for various TI DSP lines and appears to be better maintained.

    I found these sites by searching google for "analog devices dsp gcc" and "ti dsp gcc." ;)

    Ian