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7.3. Embedded Development

Fedora 13 includes a range of packages to support development of embedded applications on various targets. There is broad support for the AVR and related parts as well as for the Microchip PIC. In addition, there are packages to support development on older, less popular parts such as the Z80, 8051, and others. This section describes significant changes for Fedora 13. For a more complete description refer to Packages for embedded development on the wiki available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packages_For_Embedded_Development .

7.3.1. avrdude

avrdude has been updated from 5.8 to 5.10. The new release includes support for additional part numbers as well as a number of additional programmers.
Additional information:

7.3.2. piklab

piklab has been updated to version 0.15.7.
Major changes include:
  • Support for PICkit2V2 has been removed
  • ICD2 support has been greatly improved, including support for dsPIC33 devices
  • Toolchain and programmer selection have been moved to the project manager
For complete details, refer to the Piklab change log at http://piklab.sourceforge.net/changelog.php.

7.3.3. mcu8051ide

mcu8051ide has been upgraded to version 1.3.3. In addition to bugfixes, this release includes the following new features:
  • RS232/UART debugger, tool intended for debugging in real hardware applications
  • Symbol list (added on the right panel)
  • Assembler has now support for assigning register names to constants. So since this version you can write code like this: 
    ABC   EQU   R0
      MOV   ABC, #55h   ; <- This will be compiled as "MOV R0, #55h

7.3.4. gnusim8085

Fedora 13 includes gnusim8085 version 1.3.6. This new release is now internationalized, and includes a number of usability improvements and new features. For a complete description, refer to the announcement at https://launchpad.net/gnusim8085/+announcement/5242.

7.3.5. avr-binutils

avr-binutils has been updated to 2.20. There are a number of new features as well as bug fixes. Refer to the project's NEWS file for details at http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/binutils/NEWS?rev=1.87&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=src&only_with_tag=binutils-binutils-2_20.

7.3.6. avr-gcc

avr-gcc has been updated to 4.5.0, along with avr-gcc-c++. Refer to http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/changes.html for the details of this upgrade.