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Operating Systems: Palm OS
Palm OS® development tools for the OMAP Platform
The various Palm OS development environments and tools provide OMAP developers with the capabilities they need to quickly develop compelling multimedia-rich applications for handheld mobile devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless PDAs, pocket PCs and others.
Available from Palm and third-parties, these tools can accelerate the development of the most complex wireless applications. With the support of the Palm OS tools and TI´s own development tools, like the award-winning Code Composer Studio integrated development environment (IDE) and the Innovator™ development and demonstration platform, software developers can immediately tap into the high-performance and power efficiency of the OMAP platform.
Delivering Palm OS development environments and tools
Development environments are available for creating Palm OS applications in a number of different languages, such as C, C++, Visual Basic or Java. In addition, powerful development tools will help development begin immediately.
Palm OS Emulator
The Palm OS Emulator is software that emulates the target system´s underlying hardware. Running under Windows, Mac OS or Unix, the emulator is extremely valuable for writing, testing and debugging applications programs.
Palm OS Simulator
The Palm OS Simulator is a version of the Palm OS running on a development system. It contains the Palm Application Compatibility Environment (PACE) and can be used to quickly debug application programs. The 68k emulation environment (PACE) implements a debugger nub to match that of a 68k device. As a result, you can connect to the Palm OS Simulator in the exact same way that you would to the Palm OS Emulator.
CodeWarrior for Palm OS® Platform
CodeWarrior is an integrated development environment (IDE) from MetroWerks, a third-party supplier of development tools. This complete IDE includes an editor, project manager, C/C++ compiler, linker and target device interface that enables source and assembly level debugging. PalmSource offers the free Palm OS SDK for use with CodeWarrior.
Palm OS SDK for CodeWarrior
This free SDK from PalmSource contains headers, libraries, and tools for Palm OS platform development on Windows, Mac OS, or Unix platforms. The Palm OS SDKs do not include a build environment.
PRC-Tools: GCC Development Tools for Palm OS
PRC-Tools is a complete compiler tool chain for building Palm OS applications in C or C++. The PRC-Tools package includes patched versions of the GNU packages GCC, binutils, GDB, and various post-linker tools. It is free software. Visit PRC-Tools for the latest version of PRC-Tools and for installation instructions for the latest version.
OMAP Platform Ecosystem
The resources associated with the OMAP platform extend well beyond its hardware capabilities to include a vast software infrastructure and an extensive array of support programs.
Independent OMAP Technology Centers (OTCs) offer developers a depth of expertise in hardware design, software development and system integration. Conveniently located worldwide, OTCs support the OMAP platform, as well as its OSs and development tools. Training, counsel, reference design support and other services are intended to streamline development projects.
The OMAP Developer Network members provide device manufacturers with innovative software applications and algorithms to further differentiate their products with compelling features and services.
