Useful Tools When Developing Custom Hardware, jtag, cables, adaptors, s/w, debuggers.. Options

[speculatrix]

http://www.sycard.com/cflash.html

this looks like a useful adaptor for debugging a compact flash interface

[speculatrix]

Here's an interesting jtag tool:
http://www.hitex.co.uk/1509.html

Tantino
This compact and cost-effective debug interface supports all run-control debug facilities like breakpoints, watchpoints, single-step, register and memory view. Together with the HiTOP5 IDE, a Windows based environment, you have everything to compile and debug your application including RTOS support.

The following list summarizes the technical details:
    * Available for the following architectures:
      ARM7-9, ARM11, netX, Intel XScale, XC166, XC800, CR16C, CP3BT, S12
    * Target interface supporting voltages 1.8 - 5.0V and clocks up to 24MHz (depends on target CPU)
    * USB full speed interface
    * USB powered
    * Run-control facilities: run / halt, single step / line step, breakpoints and watchpoints
    * Fast program download with up to 200kByte/s (depends on target CPU)
    * Fast FLASH programming for internal and external FLASH memory

The Tantino package includes:
    * Tantino debugger
    * CD with windows based HiTOP5 IDE (compatible with all Hitex tools) and electronic user manual
    * Target and USB cable
    * HiTOP license for target architecture
    * Hitex support

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just found the price of the tantino jtag-controlling flasher on their web shop: GBP300 + tax = GBP400, so US$800 or EUR600.

ouch. I think home brew jtag is a better option unless you've got real money funding you.