Up until now, engineers who use the BDI2000 probe to debug embedded Linux on various 16/32-bit RISC processors have used an open source debugger, GDB, which provides a command line interface to pass debugging instructions. Those who prefer to work within a GUI (graphical user interface) typically use GDB with an open source GUI, such as DDD or Insight. The problems with these GUI"s is they have no working knowledge of any JTAG probe and therefore they fall short of being a complete solution.

"We believe the BDI2000 is simply the best BDM/JTAG probe on the market. Users of this product will now be able to take advantage of a feature rich debugger that was developed from the ground up to leverage the capabilities of the BDI2000 and the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment), said Pete Popov, CEO of Embedded Alley."

As the leading supplier of Abatron's BDI2000, Ultimate Solutions saw a need for a debugger that would leverage the functionality of the BDI2000 and IBM's Eclipse IDE. The two products are definitively today's most commonly used tools within the embedded Linux community.

"After consulting with a number of Linux centric engineering firms, we selected Embedded Alley to develop LinuxScope-JTD because we needed a turnkey product solution from a company that understands Linux kernel debugging and the full capabilities of the BDI2000. Embedded Alley developed the product to our specifications in record time, and we are thrilled with the results," explains Peter Tympanick, CEO of Ultimate Solutions. ŅIn addition, Embedded Alley is under contract to develop future revisions of the product that we expect to release later this year."

LinuxScope-JTD can be purchased stand-alone or bundled with Abatron's BDI2000. Various license schemes are available to satisfy specific customer needs. The software is compatible with platforms running Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Solaris.

About Embedded Alley
Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc. (Headquarters: Santa Clara, USA) founded in September 2004 provides expert level professional services in the embedded Linux area. Founded by long time Linux veterans, the company provides services to customers in industries such as Semiconductor, telecommunications, networking, wireless, computer products, and consumer electronics.

About Ultimate Solutions, Inc.
Ultimate Solutions was founded in 1999 with the vision to provide developers of embedded systems with a single channel to procure a wide spectrum of professional development tools. USI's product lines target the most commonly used general purpose CPUs and programmable DSPs available in the market. For more information, please visit http://www.ultsol.com

About Abatron, AG.
Established in 1985, Abatron, AG is a Swiss company whose single focus is to develop and manufacture high-quality BDM/JTAG probes. Abatron's BDI1000 and BDI2000 probes provide a high-speed BDM/JTAG interface designed to target a wide range of general-purpose 16 and 32 bit RISC CPUs & Cores to include ARM, MIPS32/64, Xscale, and Freescale. Configurations are available for various development environments such as CodeWarrior, IAR, ARM ADS, MQX Embedded and EDGE IDE from Mentor Graphics to name a few. For more information, please visit http://www.abatron.ch