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How to organize multiple toolchains, debuggers, etc. on your development computer?

bitbanger

Hello,

 

I'd like to learn a bit on programming with embedded platforms (at hobbyist level), mostly ARM Cortex type, but also e.g. test some FPGA dev-board.

So inevitably, I would need to install several development tools on my Linux desktop.

My question is, how to organize all these toolchains, etc. while keeping everything possibly well sorted, without 'cross-contaminate' the environments?

 

Should I use VMs and for instance create as many virtual machines as different platforms I'm going to play with?

Although a little expensive on the hard disk usage I think it should be a generally suitable way to proceed, except perhaps for tools that require e.g. a direct control on the USB communication between desktop and dev-board.

 

How do you organize your computer?

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    I don't use Linux but Windows 7 on my main development computers.

     

    I don't have any issues with mixing Keil ARM Cortex dev tools, Lattice FPGA Tools, Aldec VHDL tools, a host of FTDI based USB things as well as USB emulators, dongles etc.

     

    (@John, Occasionally I have issues running out of low numbered COM ports for FTDI serial adapters because Windows allocates a new COM port to each one, and there are still some things I need to run that can only deal with COM1-4 or 1-10. But even on Windows you can free up an allocated COM port (although it makes your brain hurt  a bit !))

     

    But I don't, as far as possible, use chip manufacturer supplied development environments (can't be fully avoided with FPGA).

     

    MK

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    I don't use Linux but Windows 7 on my main development computers.

     

    I don't have any issues with mixing Keil ARM Cortex dev tools, Lattice FPGA Tools, Aldec VHDL tools, a host of FTDI based USB things as well as USB emulators, dongles etc.

     

    (@John, Occasionally I have issues running out of low numbered COM ports for FTDI serial adapters because Windows allocates a new COM port to each one, and there are still some things I need to run that can only deal with COM1-4 or 1-10. But even on Windows you can free up an allocated COM port (although it makes your brain hurt  a bit !))

     

    But I don't, as far as possible, use chip manufacturer supplied development environments (can't be fully avoided with FPGA).

     

    MK

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