Macraigor Systems Joins Eclipse Foundation, Provides Eclipse Integration for GNU Embedded Development and Debugging Toolset

Engineers can employ free GNU toolset within Eclipse for greater
productivity in building embedded systems

BOSTON, MA-January 23, 2007-Macraigor Systems today announced the immediate
availability of a free Eclipse-compliant embedded debugging solution with
sample Eclipse projects that run on many standard evaluation boards. This
provides embedded systems engineers with an integrated platform for
developing and debugging embedded systems using the widely supported Eclipse
platform.

Macraigor Systems today also announced that the company was joining the
Eclipse Foundation as an Add-In Provider. In this role, Macraigor will work
with Eclipse projects, particularly the C/C++ Developer Toolkit, to ensure
that embedded development and debugging tools play a significant role in the
advancement of the Eclipse platform.

The Eclipse platform provides embedded developers with an integrated
platform for building and debugging systems and software. This platform
enables different tools to share a common look-and-feel while providing
accessibility within the same framework. It is also possible to customize
the environment with a unique tool profile, depending on the type of
embedded development being done. Engineers can also add other tools to the
Eclipse environment to fill out a customized development platform for high
productivity.

The Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite is an implementation that packages
Eclipse 3.2.1, several of the open-source GNU tools/utilities and a program
called OCDRemote, which provides an interface between Eclipse, the GDB
debugger and a Macraigor On-Chip debug device. The GNU tools provided by
Macraigor Systems include binutils, gcc, gdb and gdbtui.

In addition to the freely available GNU toolset, users can run the following
Macraigor software tools from Eclipse's External Tools menu:

· usbDemon Finder - This tool finds all the Macraigor USB devices currently
connected to the host and lets the user flash each device's LED and program
license codes for additional Macraigor software tools into a Macraigor USB
JTAG device.
· Scan Chain Analyzer - This tool determines if the JTAG Scan chain is
working, what devices are on the JTAG scan chain and what order are they in.
· OCD Commander - This is an assembly language-level debugger with a
built-in assembler/disassember, s19/elf/hex image loader and macro file
parser.

"Eclipse is rapidly becoming the development environment of choice for
building and debugging embedded systems," said Craig Haller, chief engineer
of Macraigor Systems LLC. "By incorporating the free GNU development and
debugging toolset into Eclipse, we are making it possible for embedded
systems engineers to use the tools they are familiar with on a platform that
improves their productivity."

Macraigor distributes versions of the Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite
for the following processors:
* AMD Geode
* ARM
* MIPS (32 and 64 bit)
* PowerPC
* XScale

Pricing & Availability
The free Macraigor Eclipse + GNU Tools Suite downloads for the i386,
PowerPC, MIPS32/64, ARM 7/9/11 and Intel XScale-core processors are
immediately available at www.macraigor.com.

About Macraigor Systems
Macraigor Systems LLC is a leading supplier of boundary scan-based hardware
debug and BDM/JTAG connection solutions for on-chip debugging of 32 and
64-bit embedded microprocessors. Macraigor Systems' solutions are designed
for price-sensitive customers. These solutions include a suite of software
tools that support Windows 9x, NT, ME, XP, 2000 and Linux host systems.
Macraigor Systems supports all major embedded microprocessor architectures,
including AMD, ARM, CPU32 Series, PowerPC, MIPS and the XScale
microarchitecture. For more information about Macraigor products, please
visit www.macraigor.com.