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PowerTrace for NEXUS

PowerPC MPC56x NEXUS Debugger and Trace

PowerPC MPC56x NEXUS Debugger and Trace



	Support for NEXUS standard class 1 to 3

	Easy high-level and assembler debugging

	Interface to all compilers

	Program and data flow trace up to 100 MHz

	16/32 M * 128 bit trace depth

	Trace contents readable while sampling

	Code coverage

	Performance analysis

	Trigger programming

	Interface to all hosts

	USB and ETHERNET interface included

	Support for MPC533, MPC534, MPC535, MPC536, MPC561, MPC562, MPC563, MPC564, MPC565, MPC566

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.

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Nexus Adaption for ETAS Nexus Adaption for AMP50 Nexus Adaption for GA51 Nexus Adaption for MICTOR38

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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.

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Controller

CPU

200 MHz PowerPC
64 MByte SDRAM

PODBUS Interface to PC, ETHERNET or TRACE32-ICE

Direct USB Interface

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Active Debugger

High-Speed Download

Up to 800 KByte/sec

Variable Debug Clock Speed

Variable up to 100 MHz

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Nexus Trace

Nexus Port

40 Trace Channels for 100 MHz Operation

Trace Storage

256/512 MByte Trace Storage
16/32 MFrames
Full Dual-ported
640 MByte/sec sample rate
Time Stamp 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 Memory 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

Context Tracking System

Single Stepping of realtime programs
Local and global variable display
Stack frame display
Step, Back Step and Stepover
Conditional Stepping
Display of register variables in trace
Display of function nesting with parameters in trace

SmartTrace

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

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IDE - Integrated Development Environment

	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 D-CC (Diab-Data) IEEE COFF ELF/DWARF CC (Freescale) XCOFF XCC-V (Gaio) SAUF GREEN HILLS C (Greenhills) ELF/DWARF GCC (HighTec) ELF/DWARF MCCPPC (Mentor Graphics) ELF/DWARF HIGH-C (Metaware) ELF/DWARF CODEWARRIOR (Metrowerks) ELF/DWARF ULTRA C (Microware) ROF DCPPC (TASKING) ELF/DWARF C++ D-C++ (Diab-Data) ELF/DWARF GCC (FSF) ELF/DWARF GREEN HILLS C++ (Greenhills) ELF/DWARF CCCPPC (Mentor Graphics) ELF/DWARF HIGH-C++ (Metaware) ELF/DWARF MSVC (Microsoft) EXE/CV5 GCCPPC (Wind River Systems) ELF/STABS GCC GCC (FSF) ELF/DWARF JAVA FASTJ (Diab-Data) 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
	LIGHTSPEED Differential Download Technology Up to 30 times higher download speed Boost download speed on MPC8260, MPC8560 or MPC755 Boost download speed on low-frequeny devices Boost download speed on serial ROM monitors
	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
	Debugger for TPU Full support of TPU1, TPU2 and TPU3 Step and Go commands Supports all TPU Breakpoints Disassembler for Microinstructions Monitor all TPU Registers during stepping Modify TPU internal Registers Display of Entry Points Peripheral View of TPU Registers
	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) AMX (KADAK Products) ChorusOS (Sun Microsystems) CMX-RTX (CMX Company) CodeWarriorOSEK (Freescale) ECOS (eCosCentric Limited) ERCOSEK (ETAS GmbH) Linux (-) Linux (MontaVista) LynxOS (LynuxWorks) MQX (MQX Embedded) NetBSD (-) NORTi (MISPO) Nucleus PLUS (Mentor Graphics) OS-9 (Microware) OSE Delta (Enea OSE Systems) PikeOS (Sysgo AG) pSOS+ (Integrated Systems) QNX (QNX Software Systems) RTXC 3.2 (Quadros Systems Inc.) RTXC Quadros (Quadros Systems Inc.) SMX (Micro Digital) ThreadX (Express Logic) uC/OS-II (Micrium Inc.) VRTXsa (Mentor Graphics) VxWorks (Wind River Systems)
	3rd Party Tool Integration EASYCASE (BKR GmbH) X-TOOLS / X32 (blue river software) ECLIPSE (Eclipse.org) ATTOL TOOLS (MicroMax) VISUAL BASIC INTERFACE (Microsoft) CODEWRIGHT (Premia Corporation) DA-C (RistanCASE) RHAPSODY IN MICROC (Telelogic) RHAPSODY IN C++ (Telelogic) WINDOWS CE PLATF. BUILDER (Windows) GR228X IC-TESTSYSTEME (Battefeld GmbH) OSE ILLUMINATOR (Enea OSE Systems AB) DIAB RTA SUITE (WindRiver Systems)
	Help System Acrobat Based Documentation Fast Text Search Device Specific Filtering Basic and Advanced Help Training Manuals Included WWW Update

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Connectors

	Adaption for NEXUS Debugger on ETAS board AMP 104549-6 40-pin
	Adaption for NEXUS Debugger on AMP50 (Non Robust) Low-Cost Connector AMP 104549-7 50-pin
	Adaption for NEXUS Debugger on GA51 (Robust) Robust Connector Glenair MR7580-51P2BNU
	Adaption for NEXUS Debugger on Mictor Provided by Lauterbach - no NEXUS standard AMP 2-767004-2 AMP 767054-1 AMP 767061-1 AMP 767044-1 : Board-to-Board Type: Coplanar

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Configuration Examples

NEXUS Debugger on PC or NOTEBOOK Get Quote

	Podbus Parallel Interface
	NEXUS Debug Module


NEXUS Debugger and EPROM/FLASH Simulator on PC or Workstation Get Quote
	Hub 10-Base-T or 100-Base-T
	NEXUS Debug Module
	EPROM/FLASH Simulator Module


NEXUS Debugger on PC with USB Interface Get Quote

	USB2
	NEXUS Debug Module with USB Interface


NEXUS Debugger on PC with USB Interface Get Quote

	USB2
	NEXUS Debug Module with USB Interface Mixed Operation JTAG/NEXUS


NEXUS Debugger and EPROM/FLASH Simulator on PC with USB Interface Get Quote

	USB2
	NEXUS Debug Module with USB Interface
	EPROM/FLASH Simulator Module


NEXUS Debugger and Timing/State Analyzer on PC or Workstation Get Quote
	Hub 10-Base-T or 100-Base-T
	NEXUS Debug Module
	Extension Cable
	State/Timing Analyzer


NEXUS Debugger and Timing/State Analyzer on PC or Workstation Get Quote
	Hub 10-Base-T or 100-Base-T
	NEXUS Debug Module
	Timing Analyzer SOC (ASIC/FPGA)


NEXUS Debugger and additional Trigger Probe on PC Get Quote
	Printer Cable
	Parallel Interface
	NEXUS Debug Module
	Trigger Probe

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Last generated/modified: Jun-18-2008