Leading Debug, Trace and Test Tools: Universal Debug Engine UDE and Microcontroller Debugger for AURIX, TriCore, Power Architecture, Cortex, Arm, RH850, RISC-V, ARC, SH-2A, STM32, Stellar, S32, S32V234, S32V, S32K, XE166/XC2000, XScale

Control of a multi-core system and debugging is carried out with the UDE in a consistently designed user interface. Universal Multicore Workbench is a new add-on of the well-known modular "Universal Debug Engine". With its outstanding features it helps developers of software for multicore SoC's to make your work more easily, clearly and efficiently.

The knowledge of CPU load distribution of the running target application is a basic requirement to optimize their real-time behaviour. UDE supports the profiling of code trace data from different sources:

• Profiling via Nexus code trace / ETM code trace
• Profiling via MCDS, miniMCDS code trace
• Profiling via ARM SoC-Designer PCP2 simulator trace
• Profiling via Synopsys ARC SmaRT trace

The trace data of the instruction pointer will be collected according to their occurrence in functions of the application. If the address value cannot be assigned to any known function, it will be assigned to known code sections of the program (depending on debug information). The evaluation counts the hits of appropriate ranges and calculates the execution time of the ranges via the execution time of the trace samples.

The results are available as Profiling chart diagram and as numeric result table. The Profiling results can be saved in a free selectable XML base data sink for later processing using the UDE Profiling page. This data sink can be processed in a normal MS Excel 2003 environment or can be processed by Windows Script languages and MS XML parser function (which are installed by UDE). All functions to access to the generated profiling data are also available via the UDE object model to allow creation of internal and external scripts for automatic post-processing. Python and other scripting languages are supported.

UDE supports Code Coverage. Software quality assurance in electronic control devices, according to the ISO 26262 standard, is often a fairly difficult task in practice. Especially in real-time-critical multicore systems, typical control-flow-oriented methods, which use instrumentation code additionally built into the code for coverage measurement, very quickly reach their limitations. A new non-invasive method now allows for the first time determining the statement (C0 Code Coverage) and branch coverage (C1 Code Coverage) even with optimized code. The measurement is based on code trace data, which were delivered by MCDS, miniMCDS, NEXUS, ETM, TMC and CoreSight hardware trace channels.

• DAP, the 2- or 3-wire debug interface for TriCore AUDO Future and other upcoming devices is supported
• JTAG OCDS L1, Nexus, OnCE, SWD, COP and EmbeddedICE are fully supported by UDE offering direct high-speed access to the MCU's internal units and features like breakpoints, stepping in ROM/FLASH as well as complex trigger conditions without any external hardware or software resources
• MCDS trace, miniMCDS trace, OCDS L2 trace, ETM / ITM® trace, TMC trace, ETB trace and Nexus trace support allows the watching of the flow of a running program in realtime within the process environment for core, PCP, PCP2, DMA, if available
• Target monitor and bootstrap loader solutions for a flexible access via a wide variety of debug channels (ASC, SSC, 3Pin, CAN) are available

Universal Debug Engine integrates High-Speed FLASH / OTP Memory Programming Support - UDE Memtool for internal FLASH/OTP, external FLASH EEPROMs (NOR-FLASHs AM29F xxx, i28F xxx family, Serial EEPROMS via I2C and SPI, NAND-FLASHs) and any other JEDEC-compatible FLASH Memories.

Being an integrated part of UDE, the open interface for User Definable Enhancements enables you to easily create completely new types of applications:

• HTML Scripts based on standard UDE ActiveX Control and customer-specific controls together with PERL and JAVA scripts provide fully customized hardware visualization and control
• The Automation Interfaces of the UDE components even allow using basic UDE services for controlling the debugger and processing target communication, program flow control and symbol processing by external Python, C/C++, VisualBasic and VBA applications
• Substitution of the standard UDE desktop client by a customized desktop to fit the requirements of service tools, Matlab or another third-party tool integration by using the COM interface

HTML Scripts based on standard UDE ActiveX Control and customer-specific controls together with PERL and JAVA scripts provide fully customized hardware visualization and control. The Automation Interfaces of the UDE components even allow using basic UDE services for controlling the debugger and processing target communication, program flow control and symbol processing by external Python, C/C++, VisualBasic and VBA applications.

Development Platform for Power Architecture

The Development Platform consists of the following basic elements:

• a GNU-based C/C++ compiler toolchain from HighTec with professional maintenance and services
• the integrated development environment Eclipse, and
• the Universal Debug Engine.

The Power Architecture Development Platform is a well integrated joint product of HighTec and PLS Development Tools. The platform can be extended by the PXROS-HR real-time operating system with integrated MPU management.

Main Features

The compiler and the debugger of the Power Architecture Development Platform UAD2 support the embedded PowerArchitecture® families MPC56, MPC57, MPC58, S32R from NXP, SPC56, SPC57, SPC58, SPC56EL from STMicroelectronics.

Eclipse IDE

• Project management
• Setup wizards
• Version control

The Eclipse-based 'Power Architecture Development Platform' allows the simple definition of projects. After having selected a particular microcontroller derivative, the generation of a project with a correct startup code, the necessary hardware initialization, a valid memory layout, and the corresponding header file for the names and bit fields of the peripheral register can be prompted virtually at the push of a button. The project contains a simple main function, which allows the implementation to be started immediately.

GNU C/C++ compiler

• VLE support
• SPE support
• Using optimised addressing modes
• Additional floating point software emulation
• Professional long-term maintenance and services

UDE Support

For debugging and testing the applications, the Development Platform includes a direct connection to the PLS Universal Debug Engine (UDE). The UDE can be started with all necessary settings directly from the IDE, thus hugely simplifying program function tests on the target hardware. Of course, the UDE also allows testing of PXROS-HR applications with memory protection.

• Target access via JTAG
• Supports Nexus and on-chip trace
• FLASH programming
• Real time data monitoring and graphical view
• Execution Time measurement
• Instruction Pointer Profiling
• Simulated I/O

PXROS-HR with Memory Protection

The PXROS-HR realtime operating system with integrated MPU management is an optional component of the Development Platform. Modern micro-controllers, such as Arm Cortex-M3, TriCore and Power Architecture, include a Memory Protection Unit, which guarantees safe integration of functionalities consisting of different software components. With these features PXROS-HR is ideally suited for safety-critical applications and rugged industrial solutions.

Furthermore, a library, especially developed for the PXROS debug monitor PXmon, allows the Universal Debug Engine to use the JTAG debug channel as fast communication vehicle for the exchange of data with running PXROS-HR applications. System conditions, such as the stack consumption of individual tasks, the process sequence of tasks, the processor workload due to individual application parts as well as the workload of resources are graphically displayed. The user is thus provided with an effective tool for testing PXROS-HR based programs and optimising the performance parameters of the application.

Development Platform for AURIX/TriCore

The Development Platform consists of the following basic elements:

• a GNU-based C/C++ compiler toolchain from HighTec with professional maintenance and services
• the integrated development environment Eclipse, and
• the Universal Debug Engine.

The TriCore Development Platform is a well integrated joint product of HighTec and PLS Development Tools. The platform can be extended by the PXROS-HR real-time operating system with integrated MPU management.

The Universal Debug Engine can also used smoothly together with the VX toolset for AURIX/TriCore from Tasking and with the TriCore Optimizing C/C++ Compilers from Greenhills.

Main Features

The Platform includes an Eclipse-based integrated Development Environment with powerful wizards, and supports all TriCore derivatives. It manages the project settings and the entire build process for compiler, assembler and linker. PLS have integrated their UDE debugger into the standard Eclipse environment. Launching the debugger within Eclipse will open the new UDE perspective with high-end debugging features.

Eclipse IDE

• Project management
• Setup wizards
• Version control
• DAvE importer
• Model-driven memory layout definition

The Eclipse-based 'TriCore Development Platform' allows the simple definition of projects. After having selected a particular microcontroller derivative, the generation of a project with a correct startup code, the necessary hardware initialization, a valid memory layout, and the corresponding header file for the names and bit fields of the peripheral register can be prompted virtually at the push of a button. The project contains a simple main function, which allows the implementation to be started immediately.

HighTec GNU C/C++ compiler

• Additional C compiler for Peripheral Control Processor (PCP)
  and MCS/GTM timer module of AURIX TC3xx.
• Built-in _bit type
• Use of optimal addressing modes: absolute, register relative, circular
• Saturating integer arithmetic and packed data operations
• FPU support
• Additional floating point software emulation
• Professional long-term maintenance and services

Tasking C/C++ VX toolset

• Additional C compiler for Hardware Security Module (HSM), Peripheral Control Processor (PCP),
  XC800 Standby controller (SCR) and MCS/GTM timer module of AURIX TC3xx.
• Infineon Technologies TriCore EABI compliant
• Language extensions for Embedded/DSP/TriCore
• VX technology for optimization of code size/ speed.

UDE Support

For debugging and testing the applications, the Development Platform includes a direct connection to the PLS Universal Debug Engine (UDE). The UDE can be started with all necessary settings directly from the IDE, thus hugely simplifying program function tests on the target hardware. Of course, the UDE also allows testing of PXROS-HR applications with memory protection.

• Target access via JTAG
• Supports OCDS LII and on-chip trace
• FLASH programming
• Real time Data Monitoring and Graphical View
• Execution Time measurement
• Instruction Pointer Profiling
• Simulated I/O

PXROS-HR with Memory Protection

The PXROS-HR realtime operating system with integrated MPU management is an optional component of the Development Platform. Modern micro-controllers, such as ARM-Cortex-M3, TriCore and Power Architecture, include a Memory Protection Unit, which guarantees safe integration of functionalities consisting of different software components. With these features PXROS-HR is ideally suited for safety-critical applications and rugged industrial solutions.

Furthermore, a library, especially developed for the PXROS debug monitor PXmon, allows the Universal Debug Engine to use the JTAG debug channel as fast communication vehicle for the exchange of data with running PXROS-HR applications. System conditions, such as the stack consumption of individual tasks, the process sequence of tasks, the processor workload due to individual application parts as well as the workload of resources are graphically displayed. The user is thus provided with an effective tool for testing PXROS-HR based programs and optimising the performance parameters of the application.