VisualGDB - a Visual Studio plugin for building and debugging Embedded and Linux apps

[vbazis]

We are pleased to announce the release of VisualGDB - a Visual Studio plugin that allows building and debugging the GCC/GDB-based projects with Visual Studio.

The main features are:
* Automatic import of include directories from embedded toolchains and Linux machines to IntelliSense.
* Fully integrated building and debugging.
* Automatic generation and smart updating of Make files. All user-made changes are preserved, while file lists are updated automatically.
* A special GDB session window that allows executing the usual console GDB commands to the GDB instance controlled by Visual Studio.

VisualGDB supports simulator-based embedded debugging, on-chip debugging, remote Linux and MacOS debugging. It also supports running the toolchain on a remote machine and transferring the source files automatically.

A screenshot of a typical on-chip debugging session of a firmware for the MSP430 microcontroller is attached.

You can download the tool from http://visualgdb.com/
A collection of pre-built embedded toolchains is available at http://gnutoolchains.com/
A collection of tutorials showing how to use VisualGDB efficiently is available here: http://visualgdb.com/tutorials/