[Qt-creator] Peripheral Register View for bare metal projects

Tim Hutt tdhutt at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 19:02:33 CEST 2014


Sounds like a great idea to me! I'd definitely use it.

On 14 September 2014 22:03, Axel Jäger <axeljaeger at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> when developing on bare metal targets, a view that shows all the
> peripheral registers would be nice to have. KEILs IDE has such a view for
> example:
>
> http://www.keil.com/support/man/docs/uv4/uv4_db_dbg_systemviewer.htm
>
>
>
> So far, I have not found any reference for such a view in QtCreator.
>
>
>
> I am thinking about implementing such a view as a plugin.
>
>
>
> Here is what I have found out so far:
>
> Considering ARM-CPUs that use memory mapped IO,  „all you need to do“ is
> to have a list of the adresses, examine the adresses using GDB command x
> and populate the list with the output.
>
>
>
> There is a standard xml-based file format that maps logical register names
> to adresses called CMSIS-SVD. SVD is for System View Description for
> Peripherals. The files are provided by the chip manufacturers.
>
>
>
> Would anyone besides me be interested in such a plugin?
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Axel
>
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