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<h3>Eclipse TCF (Target Communication Framework)</h3>

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TCF is a lightweight, extensible network protocol for driving embedded systems (targets).
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On top of the protocol, TCF provides a complete modern debugger for C/C++ and Ada, as well as the "Target Explorer"
for system management. TCF works out of the box for Intel, PPC, ARM and RISC-V Linux targets.
It supports Proxying and Tunneling for IoT devices, and is particularly strong
for multi-process debugging even with slow communication links.
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The TCF Framework makes it very easy to build your own tools using the components provided:
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  <li>The lightweight <i>agent</i> under EDL / BSD license is written in C, and very easy to port or embed
      in custom OS's or "bare metal"" hardware debuggers and simulators.</li>
  <li>DWARF reader and Symbol Services are written in C and can be used independent of the debugger.</li>
  <li>TCF Language Bindings for C, Java, Python and Lua allow driving your tools from scripts.</li>
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<p>See the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF">TCF Wiki</a> for details.
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A reference Eclipse view is available today to help you get started, as well as a complete C/C++ debugger for Linux.
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        <h3>News</h3>
        <p>Jun 27, 2018: <a href="/tcf/downloads.php">TCF 1.6 is released</a> with Eclipse Photon</p>
        <p>Jun 28, 2017: <a href="/tcf/downloads.php">TCF 1.5 is released</a> with Eclipse Oxygen</p>
        <p>Jun 22, 2016: <a href="/tcf/downloads.php">TCF 1.4 is released</a> with Eclipse Neon</p>
        <p>Jun 24, 2015: <a href="/tcf/downloads.php">TCF 1.3 is released</a> with Eclipse Mars</p>
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        <h3>TCF Debug supports RISC-V</h3>
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            <i>March 27, 2020</i> - <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF/RISC-V">RISC-V debugging support</a>
            has been added to TCF.
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        <h3>TCF Terminals</h3>
        <p><i>April 25, 2014 - </i>TCF Terminals has been restructured and is now on the
            <a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/tm-terminal">Marketplace</a>.
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        <h3>TCF Debug supports ARM</h3>
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            <i>March 25, 2013</i> - Initial <a href="http://tmober.blogspot.com/2013/03/eclipsecon-2013-tcf-arm-debugging-and.html">
                ARM debugging support
            </a> has been added to TCF. Look at the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF/Raspberry_Pi">Raspberry Pi HOWTO</a>.
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        <h3>TCF Testimonials</h3>
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            <i>
                By replacing a gdb based debugger with TCF, Xilinx has increased the performance
                of basic debugger commands up to 50 times, while providing a much more stable product.<br />
                The modular and asynchronous approach of TCF is so compelling that we are moving
                over our JTAG tools to use the same framework.
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            &mdash; Tomas Evensen, Chief Scientist Embedded Software, Xilinx
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