You can connect bare metal devices to a development host to run and debug applications on them from Qt Creator using GDB or a hardware debugger. This enables you to debug on small devices that are not supported by the generic remote Linux device plugin. However, if the device does not have Qt libraries, you need a fake Qt installation.

The bare metal device type accepts custom GDB commands that you specify in the device options.

To connect bare metal devices:

1. Select Help > About Plugins > Device Support > Bare Metal to enable the Bare Metal Device plugin.
2. Restart Qt Creator to be able to use the plugin.
3. Select Tools > Options > Devices > Add > Bare Metal Device > Start Wizard.
4. In the GDB host and GDB port fields, specify the host name and port number to access the GDB server or hardware debugger.
5. In the GDB commands fields, specify custom commands for the GDB server or hardware debugger.
6. To specify build settings:
   1. Open a project for an application you want to develop for the device.
   2. Select Projects > Build & Run > Add Kit to add a kit for building and running applications on bare metal devices.

      

7. Select Run to specify run settings.

   Usually, you can use the default settings.