User`s manual

Motorola Selecting Tools 1-1
Chapter 1
Selecting Tools
This chapter explains which Motorola Suite56 tools will enable you to accomplish which
tasks; it describes the tools briefly and provides illustrations showing how to make the
tools work together as you generate and debug code for digital signal processors.
The simplest code-development cycle in digital signal processing begins, as in Figure 1-1,
when you compile a high-level program, link its object code to any libraries or other
object files you may need, and execute the results either in a Suite56 simulator or through
a Suite56 hardware debugger. Motorola’s Suite56 offers an entire toolset for such a cycle,
including a compiler, linker, simulator, and hardware debugger. Other companies, such as
Tasking Software BV, also provide a toolset for this cycle. Additionally, you can “mix and
match” tools from Motorola with other toolsets. This chapter offers recommendations
about selecting tools to meet your needs.
Figure 1-1. Simple Code Development Cycle: Compile, Link, Execute to Debug
simulator
assembler
hardware debugger
compiler
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linker
assembler