PowerTrace for NEXUS

Description

Introduction

The Lauterbach product TRACE32-PowerTrace/NEXUS supports the NEXUS standard class 1 to 3. The hardware module for the NEXUS debugger is universal and allows to interface different target processors by simply changing the NEXUS adapter and starting a new software.

 

Highlights

• Support for NEXUS standard class 1 to 3+
• Programming support for on-chip and external flashes
• Real-time access to memory
• Hardware breakpoints and trigger
• Program and data flow trace up to 400 MHz
• Up to 4 GByte trace memory
• Upload to host within 10 seconds typically
• Selective data flow trace for 2 address ranges
• Trigger on instruction execution or data access
• Statistic functions/Performance analysis
• Code coverage
• External trigger input and output
• USB and ETHERNET interface included
• Support for *cpu-7781.txt, *cpu-7600.txt

 

Nexus Concept

The PowerNexus Module includes all systems for trace and debugging. Controlled by an PowerPC controller with 200 MHz it gives max. performance for fast download and trace upload.

Other WWW Sites

• AVR32 NEXUS Debugger and Trace
• MAC71xx/72xx NEXUS Debugger and Trace
• MPC55xx/MPC56xx NEXUS Debugger and Trace
• MPC56x NEXUS Debugger and Trace

 

Controller

CPU

• 200 MHz PowerPC
• 250 Drystone 2.1 MIPS
• 64 MByte SDRAM

PODBUS Interface to PC, TRACE32-ICE or TRACE32-FIRE

Direct USB Interface

• USB-1 12 MBit/sec
• USB-2 480 MBit/sec

Direct FastEthernet Interface

• 10/100 MBit/sec
• Upload of full trace (256 MByte) within 10 seconds

 

Active Debugger

Debuggers available

• PowerPC
• M-Core
• C166
• TriCore
• Super10

Support of combined operation

• NEXUS
• BDM
• JTAG
• OCDS
• ONCE

Software Compatible to In-Circuit Emulator

• Operation System
• PRACTICE
• ASM Debugger
• HLL Debugger for C,C++, ADA, PASCAL
• Peripheral Windows

High-Speed Download

• Up to 800 KByte/sec

Variable Debug Clock Speed

• 10 kHz…5 MHz
• 1/4 CPU Clock
• 1/8 CPU Clock
• Variable up to 100 MHz

 

Nexus Trace

Nexus Port

• Max. 92 Trace Channels for 200 MHz Operation
• High effective trace rate by self-calibration
• AUTOFOCUS Self Calibration

Trace Storage

• 256/512/1024/2048/4096 MByte Trace Storage
• 16/32/64/128/256 MFrames
• Full Dual-ported
• 640 MByte/sec sample rate
• Time Stamp 5/20 ns Resolution
• Time Correlation and Tracking with other TRACE32 Tools

Code Coverage

• Hardware Code Coverage
• 4 Segments with 4 MByte each

Data Coverage

• Hardware Data Coverage
• 4 Segments with 256 KByte each

Shadow Memory

• 4 Segments with 256 KByte each

Breakpoints

• 4 Breakpoint Memories with 256 KBit each

Trigger Sequencer

• 4 Trigger Levels
  • Goto
  • Continue
• Trace Control
  • Enable
  • On
  • Off
  • Break
• 3 Counters
  • Enable
  • On
  • Off
  • Restart
• 2 Flags
  • On
  • Off
  • Toggle
• 2 Markers
• Break
  • Program
  • Trigger Bus
• 2 Trigger Outputs

Trigger Delay

• 0 .. 300 s

External Trigger

• Input from PODBUS
• Output to PODBUS

Performance Analyzer

Support for EPROM/FLASH Simulator

• Breakpoints in ROM Area
• 8, 16 and 32 Bit EPROM/FLASH Emulation

 

Software Debugger

 

ASM Debugger

• Supports almost all file formats
• Assembler source-level debugging
• Advanced memory display
• Inline assembler
• Memory tests
• Customizable windows
• Peripheral windows
• Terminal window
• Semi-hosting
• Flash programming
• Full support for peripherals

High-Level-Language Debugging

• Supports multiple languages
• Full support for C++
• Integrated into TRACE32 environment
• Supports most compilers and hosts
• Same user interface on different hosts
• High speed download
• Debugs optimized code
• Display of function nesting
• Display of linked lists
• Powerful expression evaluation

Support of Download Formats for PowerPC

ADA

• GNAT PRO (ADACORE)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GNAT (GNU)
  • ELF/DWARF

C

• CXPPC (COSMIC)
  • ELF/DWARF
• XCC-V (GAIO)
  • SAUF
• GREEN-HILLS-C (GREENHILLS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• MCCPPC (MENTOR)
  • ELF/DWARF
• CC (NXP)
  • XCOFF
• ULTRA-C (RADISYS)
  • ROF
• HIGH-C (SYNOPSYS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• DCPPC (TASKING)
  • ELF/DWARF
• D-CC (WINDRIVER)
  • IEEE
  • COFF
  • ELF/DWARF

C++

• GCC (GNU)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GREEN-HILLS-C++ (GREENHILLS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• CCCPPC (MENTOR)
  • ELF/DWARF
• MSVC (MICROSOFT)
  • EXE/CV5
• HIGH-C++ (SYNOPSYS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• D-C++ (WINDRIVER)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GCCPPC (WINDRIVER)
  • ELF/STABS

C/C++

• GNAT PRO (ADACORE)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GCC (HIGHTEC)
  • ELF/DWARF
• CODEWARRIOR (NXP)
  • ELF/DWARF

GCC

• CC (GNU)
  • ELF/DWARF

JAVA

• FASTJ (WINDRIVER)
  • ELF/DWARF

Support of Download Formats for C166/Super10

C

• XC16X/ST10 (COSMIC)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GNU-GCC166 (HIGHTEC)
  • DBX
• C166 (KEIL)
  • EOMF-166
• C166 (TASKING)
  • IEEE

C++

• GNU-CPP166 (HIGHTEC)
  • DBX
• CP166 (TASKING)
  • IEEE

Support of Download Formats for TriCore

C/C++

• GREENHILLS (GREENHILLS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GCC (HIGHTEC)
  • ELF/DWARF
• VX-TC (TASKING)
  • ELF/DWARF
  • IEEE
• DIAB (WINDRIVER)
  • ELF

Support of Download Formats for ARM

ADA

• GNAT PRO (ADACORE)
  • ELF/DWARF

C

• ARMCC (ARM)
  • AIF
  • ELF/DWARF
• REALVIEW-MDK (ARM)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GCCARM (GNU)
  • COFF/STABS
  • ELF/DWARF
• GREENHILLS-C (GREENHILLS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• ICCARM (IAR)
  • ELF/DWARF
• ICCV7-ARM (IMAGECRAFT)
  • ELF/DWARF
• CARM (KEIL)
  • ELF/DWARF
• HIGH-C (SYNOPSYS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• TI-C (TI)
  • COFF
• GNU-C (WINDRIVER)
  • COFF
• D-CC (WINDRIVER)
  • ELF

C++

• ARM-SDT-2.50 (ARM)
  • ELF/DWARF
• REALVIEW-MDK (ARM)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GCCARM (GNU)
  • COFF/STABS
• GNU (GNU)
  • EXE/STABS
• GCCARM (GNU)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GREENHILLS-C++ (GREENHILLS)
  • ELF/DWARF
• MSVC (MICROSOFT)
  • EXE/CV5
• HIGH-C++ (SYNOPSYS)
  • ELF/DWARF

C/C++

• GNAT PRO (ADACORE)
  • ELF/DWARF
• XCODE (APPLE)
  • Mach-O
• GCC (HIGHTEC)
  • ELF/DWARF
• VX-ARM (TASKING)
  • ELF/DWARF

Memory Analysis

• Display of allocated memory blocks
• Memory allocation Statistics
• Check for out-of-bounds writes
• Trace of allocation calls
• Graphical displays of memory usage

Intelligent Loader

• Up to 30 times faster download speed
• Differential loader especially designed to speed-up iterative edit/compile/load cycles
• Zipped download for large files
• Memory contents are verified by checksum instead of reading memory

Multicore Debugging

• Debugger for all cores of a multicore chip
• Debugging of application cores, DSPs, accelerator cores and special-purpose cores
• Debugging of more than 80 core architectures
• Support for every multicore topology
• Support for all multicore operation modes
• Support for AMP and SMP systems
• Single debug hardware can be licensed for all cores of a multicore chip

Logical Display of Peripherals

• Display of onchip peripherals
• User definable windows
• Interactive window definition with softkey support
• Pulldown menues for selection of choices
• Additional description for each field

Script Language PRACTICE

• Structured Language
• Menu Support
• Command Logs
• Custom Menues
• Custom Toolbars and Buttons
• Custom Dialog Windows
• 64-Bit Arithmetic
• Numeric, Logical and String Operators
• Direct Access to System States

FLASH Programming (Memory-Mapped)

• Optimum flash programming performance
• Support for all file formats
• Ready-to-run flash scripts
• Ready-to-use flash programming algorithms
• Dialog- or command-based programming as well as full scripting
• Full awareness of sensitive data
• Flash declaration via CFI
• Easy handling of different flash types on a target
• Software breakpoints in flash
• Simple code patching in flash
• Flash programming via boundary scan

TRACE32 Instruction Set Simulators

• Integral part of TRACE32
• Configurable as system under debug (PBI=SIM)
• Allows post-mortem debugging
• Software compatible to all TRACE32 tools
• Easy high-level and assembler debugging
• OS-aware debugging
• Cache simulation (architecture dependent)
• Program and data flow trace based on a bus trace protocol
• Advanced trace analysis features
• Powerful script language
• Programming interface for peripheral simulation
• Not available for the MIPS architecture
• Not available for processor architectures that support user-defined instructions

Trace-based Profiling

• Detailed analysis of function run-times
• Detailed analysis of task run-times and state
• Graphical analysis of variable values over the time
• Analysis of the time interval of a single event (e.g. Interrupt)
• Analysis of the time interval between 2 defined events

Sample-based Profiling

• Long-time performance analysis for functions
• Long-time performance analysis for tasks
• Long-time analysis of the contents of a variable or memory location and more

Trace-based Code Coverage

• Real-time code coverage without instrumentation
• Suitable for long-term testing
• Support for all common code coverage metrics
• Automated report generation
• Full support of multicore chips

SmartTrace

• Fills in missing code
• Direct branch reconstruction
• Indirect branch reconstuction with CTS
• Memory and Register values from CTS

Trace-based Debugging (CTS)

• Allows re-debuggging of a traced program section
• Provides forward and backward debugging capabilities
• High-level language trace display including all local variables
• Timing and function nesting display
• Has the ability to fill most trace gaps caused by the limited bandwidth of trace port

Logger

• Software trace of any size stored in an array structure on the target
• General trace format provided by TRACE32-PowerView
• Configuration and display commands provided by TRACE32-PowerView
• Works as trace with address and data information
• Works as a program flow trace (SH4, PowerPC)
• Time stamp possible
• Predefined algorithms to fill the trace provided by Lauterbach
• User defined algorithms to fill the trace also possible

Snooper

• Samples memory while application is running
• Support for special debug communication channels
• All trace display and analysis functions can be used
• Trigger on specific values
• Dynamic performance analysis

OS-aware Debugging

• Real-time, non-intrusive display of RTOS system resources
• Task stack coverage
• Task related breakpoints
• Task context display
• SMP support
• Task related performance measurement
• Statistic evaluation and graphic display of task run times
• Task related evaluation of function run times
• PRACTICE functions for OS data
• Easy access via RTOS specific pull-down menus
• Support for all major RTOSes

3rd Party Tool Integration

• Editor Integration
• CASE Tool Integration
• Kernel Integration

 

Extensions

FLEX Adapter

• Highly Flexible Adapters
• For Debuggers and ICD Trace
• High Signal Quality
• Adapted Impedance
• MICTOR
• 100 MIL
• SAMTEC
• YAMAICHI