Developing an ERCP application with eclipse

Background knowledge

ERCP has emerged as a way to apply the benefits of Eclipse Rich-Client Platform (RCP) to embedded devices. The topics covered are:

Setting up the development environment

ERCP Application building Block

How to generate a log for debugging

Deploy to the actual device

Major differences between RCP and ERCP applications

Setting up the development environment

Installing development tools on a Windows development machine

The most basic ERCP development environment consists of the following components:

Eclipse SDK

Download Eclipse V3.2 SDK

Supported JRE (V1.4.2)

Download the Run-time library from Sun Microsystems or IBM

ERCP Run-time Library

For today's milestone build (V1.0 GA), ERCP supports three different platforms:

Windows®mobile 2003/windows Mobile 5

Windows Desktop (WIN32)

Nokia Series 80

We will use the first two platforms. Download the ERCP milestone package, used for Windows with a mark of Mx, where x is the milestone number

For small devices, there is a Java™ platform of different specifications, called Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME). We will use the Foundation Profile Implementation section of the Ibm®workplace Client Technology: Micro Edition for Windows.

Websphere®studio Device Developer

Download WebSphere Studio Device Developer V5.7.1