NEC VR Series Debugger

VR5500A, VR5701

Adaption for VR Series

Half-Size Adapters for Debuggers

• 100 mil to 50 mil Adapters
• Small Footprint for Target Connector

ASM Debugger

• Supports almost all file formats
• Fast operation
• 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

HLL Debugger

• 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
• Fast operation
• Powerful expression evaluation

Compiler Support

C

• TCC (TASKING)
  • IEEE

C++

• SDE (Algorithmics)
  • ELF/STABS
• GCC (FSF)
  • ELF/DWARF
• GREEN HILLS C++ (Greenhills)
  • 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

Multicore Debugging

• Debugging support for homogeneous and heterogeneous multiprocessor/multicore embedded applications
• High quality standard debuggers can be combined for multiprocessor/multicore debugging
• All TRACE32-ICD debuggers are designed to work together in a multiprocessor/multicore debugging environment
• Fast integration of third party debuggers
• Several processors in a single piece of silicon can share the same debug port
• Start and stop synchronisation

Peripheral Browser

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

MMU Support

• Full integrated support of processor's MMU
• Display of processor MMU registers
• Display of MMU table entries
• Display of address translation table
• 'Shadowing' MMU address translation inside debugger
• Full virtual and physical access to target at any time
• Debugger has optionally write access to write protected memory areas
• Detection and decoding of software MMU tables built by operating systems
• Support for several user space MMU tables side by side
• TLB context tracking and git statistics via CTS

PRACTICE Script Language

• 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

• Internal and/or external FLASH memories
• All common FLASH types
• Programming of multiple FLASH devices
• Provided by ICE, FIRE, ICD product line

SIM Instruction Set Simulators

• Easy high-level and assembler debugging
• Interface to all compilers
• Trace Buffer
• Powerful script language
• Software compatible to all TRACE32 tools
• Hardware simulation

Statistic Analyzer

• 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

Coverage Analyzer

• Long-Time Hardware Coverage Analysis for Emulator and ETM
• Trace Based Coverage Analysis for ICD and Emulator
• Analysis on ASM and HLL
• Coverage summary on modul/function level

Performance Analyzer

• 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

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

RTOS Support

• OSEK (-)
• ProOSEK (3Soft)
• uITRON (-)
• ECOS (eCosCentric Limited)
• ECOS (eCosCentric Limited)
• Linux (-)
• Linux (MontaVista)
• Linux SMP (-)
• Nucleus PLUS (Mentor Graphics)
• OSE Delta (Enea OSE Systems)
• RX4000 (NEC)
• ThreadX (Express Logic)
• ThreadX (Express Logic)
• uC/OS-II (Micrium Inc.)
• VxWorks (Wind River Systems)
• Windows CE (Microsoft)

3rd Party Tool Integration

• EASYCASE (BKR GmbH)
• X-TOOLS / X32 (blue river software)
• ECLIPSE (Eclipse.org)
• ATTOL TOOLS (MicroMax)
• VISUAL BASIC INTERFACE (Microsoft)
• LABVIEW (NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS)
• CODEWRIGHT (Premia Corporation)
• DA-C (RistanCASE)
• RHAPSODY IN MICROC (Telelogic)
• RHAPSODY IN C++ (Telelogic)
• WINDOWS CE PLATF. BUILDER (Windows)

Help System

• Acrobat Based Documentation
• Fast Text Search
• Device Specific Filtering
• Basic and Advanced Help
• Training Manuals Included
• WWW Update