The Virtual Platform is a soft "emulator" of the ARM RealView Versatile Platform Baseboard for ARM926-EJS provided for educational purpose. It includes a virtualized Ethernet Controller, UARTs, Keyboards, and mouse interfaces, and a frame-buffer console allows the user to interact with the platform, just like with a real hardware board. Besides all the tools required to operate the virtual platform, the packages come with a complete Linux software stack including kernel and file-system. A comprehensive user’s guide introduces the usage of virtual platforms for embedded software development.

The user will learn to debug and analyze embedded software along with the underlying hardware platform. The self-study tutorial style user’s guide introduces new debugging techniques, enabled by the unique control and visibility provided by virtual platforms. Even a Linux beginner will get a lot of insight into the operation of a complex operating system such as Linux. Furthermore, the user will learn how to create custom debug and analysis solutions based on a flexible scripting framework.

We invite you to explore all aspects of a virtual platform and experiment with the software stack. Or, port your own OS to the platform and use a Quad Core version of the virtual platform!

CoWare Virtual Platform Software Development Environment

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