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An introduction to the IDE for the Cell Broadband Engine SDK

Building a sample project with the Eclipse-based Cell BE development environment

Sean Curry (seancurry.ut@gmail.com), Software Engineer, IBM
Sean is an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, working toward a degree in Computer Sciences. As an intern at the IBM Linux Technology Center, Sean works as part of the Linux on Cell/B.E. team, specifically contributing to the IDE for Cell Broadband Engine SDK project. Sean develops source code and conducts integration testing and product release management.

Summary:  This introductory tutorial, updated for the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell BE) SDK V2.1, explores the Interactive Development Environment (IDE) of the Cell BE processor and gives developers a click-for-click walk-through of building a simple project in this environment.

Date:  30 Mar 2007 (Published 02 Nov 2006)
Level:  Introductory
PDF:  A4 and Letter (5031 KB | 67 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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Simulator’s TCL console

In the Console view, switch to the TCL Console for Sim. This console can be used to pass TCL commands directly to the simulator. For example, if the simulator is paused, rather than using the Resume button (in the Cell Environments view), you could type mysim go to start the simulator.


Figure 60. Simulator’s TCL console

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Simulator’s Linux console

Switch to the Linux Console for Sim. Here you can execute bash commands on the simulator.


Figure 61. Simulator’s Linux console

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Eclipse preferences

You can view and modify numerous Cell environment settings by visiting the Preferences page. Click on Window > Preferences...


Figure 62. Eclipse preferences
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Cell IDE environment preferences

On the left side, expand the Cell category. Here you can change many different options regarding the Cell IDE including PPU/SPU GDB Client Binary locations, SPU Timing Binary location, simulator path, and much more. Take a minute to look through some of the options, then click OK.


Figure 63. Cell IDE environment preferences
Screenshot showing Cell IDE environment preferences

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This concludes the Cell IDE tutorial.

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