Macraigor Systems, a supplier of embedded debugging tools, and Viosoft Corporation, a provider of integrated embedded Linux software solutions,
have jointly announced the availability of an integrated development toolkit for the embedded Linux environment on ARM processors. The toolkit .consists of Macraigor hardware debug probes and Viosoft's Arriba Embedded Linux Edition, to enable end-to-end cross-platform development and debugging of Linux applications on ARM.

The toolkit, which is Eclipse-based, includes a full GNU cross-compiler tool-chain for ARM, the Macraigor JTAG probe, the Viosoft VMON2 target-resident debug monitor, and optionally an embedded Linux kernel and file-system for the supported platforms. The toolkit is deployable either as a standalone Eclipse IDE or as a plug-in to Eclipse-based IDEs from third-party vendors. The MacraigorNiosoft Linux Development Toolkit for ARM is immediately available from Macraigor starting at $5,995.