Screenshot of the Eclipse IDE new project dialog with the IAR Embedded Workbench splash screen in the foreground.

IAR Eclipse Setup Guide Part 2 — Managed Build Project

This is part 2 of a series of step-by-step guide on setting up and using the IAR Embedded Workbench within the Eclipse IDE. Using the tools installed in part 1 this article will guide the reader on how to create a C/C++ managed build project within Eclipse using the IAR Eclipse Plugin.

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Screenshot of the IAR splash screen with the Eclipse IDE in the background.

IAR Eclipse Setup Guide Part 1 — Tools Setup

In this new series of guides, we’ll look at how to setup and use the IAR Eclipse plugin. The current article will focus on tools installations and configurations. Future articles will go over managed build and Makefile projects as well as debugging.

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QSPI NOR Flash Part 2 – Memory Organization

In this article we’ll leave the package attributes behind to focus on the internal features of QSPI devices, starting with the memory organization. This article will cover the overall capacity, multi-stack devices as well as the memory map organization units such as pages, blocks and sectors.

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QSPI NOR Flash Part 1 – Hardware Characteristics

In this first article, we’ll go over some important considerations to keep in mind when using a NOR for code shadowing or execute in place, and explain how these considerations may change when using the NOR for data storage with a file system. Then we’ll take a quick look at the hardware characteristics of QSPI NOR devices.

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NOR vs NAND: So You Think You Know the Music?

In-depth comparison between NOR and NAND covering aspects of NOR and NAND flash technologies that, in our view, are too often ignored including the impact of the application requirements on the choice of Flash technology.

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Road leading to an SD Card shaped sunrise.

Managed vs Unmanaged: The Many Roads to Flash Storage

Let’s explore and compare two different paradigms of flash management commonly used throughout the industry: managed flash and unmanaged flash. Managed flash devices include SD cards, USB flash drives, eMMC and UFS modules — also SSDs, but those are less often seen in embedded systems. These are all NAND-based devices.

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Taming the Flash Beast

This article is the first of an introduction series about flash memory with a focus on embedded systems designs using an embedded file system. A high-level introduction shall we say. Not the kind that takes you straight to the electron and drags you through the depths of quantum physics. No. The purpose of this series

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Screenshot of the Eclipse CDT debug configuration panel.

GCC Toolchain Eclipse Setup Guide Part 4 — Debug Configuration

In this article we’ll look at the last step of setting up a C/C++ embedded development project within Eclipse CDT. Which is creating and launching a debug configuration for the project. The kind of project managed or Makefile base does not affect the debugging process so these instructions applies to both types of projects.

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Screenshot of the Eclipse IDE new project dialog with the IAR Embedded Workbench splash screen in the foreground.

IAR Eclipse Setup Guide Part 2 — Managed Build Project

This is part 2 of a series of step-by-step guide on setting up and using the IAR Embedded Workbench within the Eclipse IDE. Using the tools installed in part 1 this article will guide the reader on how to create a C/C++ managed build project within Eclipse using the IAR Eclipse Plugin.

Read More »
Screenshot of the IAR splash screen with the Eclipse IDE in the background.

IAR Eclipse Setup Guide Part 1 — Tools Setup

In this new series of guides, we’ll look at how to setup and use the IAR Eclipse plugin. The current article will focus on tools installations and configurations. Future articles will go over managed build and Makefile projects as well as debugging.

Read More »

QSPI NOR Flash Part 2 – Memory Organization

In this article we’ll leave the package attributes behind to focus on the internal features of QSPI devices, starting with the memory organization. This article will cover the overall capacity, multi-stack devices as well as the memory map organization units such as pages, blocks and sectors.

Read More »

QSPI NOR Flash Part 1 – Hardware Characteristics

In this first article, we’ll go over some important considerations to keep in mind when using a NOR for code shadowing or execute in place, and explain how these considerations may change when using the NOR for data storage with a file system. Then we’ll take a quick look at the hardware characteristics of QSPI NOR devices.

Read More »

NOR vs NAND: So You Think You Know the Music?

In-depth comparison between NOR and NAND covering aspects of NOR and NAND flash technologies that, in our view, are too often ignored including the impact of the application requirements on the choice of Flash technology.

Read More »
Road leading to an SD Card shaped sunrise.

Managed vs Unmanaged: The Many Roads to Flash Storage

Let’s explore and compare two different paradigms of flash management commonly used throughout the industry: managed flash and unmanaged flash. Managed flash devices include SD cards, USB flash drives, eMMC and UFS modules — also SSDs, but those are less often seen in embedded systems. These are all NAND-based devices.

Read More »

Taming the Flash Beast

This article is the first of an introduction series about flash memory with a focus on embedded systems designs using an embedded file system. A high-level introduction shall we say. Not the kind that takes you straight to the electron and drags you through the depths of quantum physics. No. The purpose of this series

Read More »
Screenshot of the Eclipse CDT debug configuration panel.

GCC Toolchain Eclipse Setup Guide Part 4 — Debug Configuration

In this article we’ll look at the last step of setting up a C/C++ embedded development project within Eclipse CDT. Which is creating and launching a debug configuration for the project. The kind of project managed or Makefile base does not affect the debugging process so these instructions applies to both types of projects.

Read More »