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PowerQUICCIII debuggers feature at Embedded World

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 22, 2004

Demonstrations from Lauterbach at Embedded World 2004 will include tools for both the MPC8560 integrated communications processor and the MPC5554 automotive controller.

Demonstrations from Lauterbach at Embedded World 2004 will include tools for both the MPC8560 integrated communications processor and the MPC5554 automotive controller.

The JTAG debuggers are based on the PowerDebug high-end development tool from the Trace32 family and include the PowerView high-level language IDE.

A Flash programming utility is also integrated.

The debuggers can load code into the target memory at a transfer rate of 1.3Mbyte/s via the JTAG interface or at even higher speeds if the Ethernet connection is used.

A equivalent Nexus tool, based on the PowerTrace, will follow in March 2004 for the Nexus interface on MPC5554.

This will provide program and data trace for Nexus class 3, run time and performance analysis and extended trigger options.

To provide additional debug information on the MPC8560 the compact high-speed PowerIntegrator analyser will sample up to 204 channels at sampling rates up to 500MHz.

This enables the DRAM buses to be analysed and high-level language information to be listed as well as the disassembled program code, and additionally allows I/O signals to be shown time-correlated in the form of a timing or protocol diagram.

Lauterbach was one of the first companies to support the PowerPC family with its development tools and has more than 8 years experience with hardware-based debuggers for embedded PowerPC controllers.

By working in close co-operation with Motorola Semiconductor Division the debuggers for MPC8560 and MPC5554 were made available to the first key account customers in 2003 at the same time as the rollout of the "first silicon" or very shortly after.