HL2.OCT–RM–Step Engineering, Inc.
Sparclite emulator runs at 50 MHz
Emulator pod clips over the target processor, which remains in the
socket
The Excell-930 is a 40- or 50-MHz in-circuit emulator for the Fujitsu
Sparclite embedded microprocessor. It runs remotely from a Sun 4
workstation host. The emulator's connection clips over the processor,
which remains in the system, eliminating induced interference from the
cable. In addition, the Excell-930 has 32 user-definable inputs. The
operator sees a Microtec XRAY source-level debugger interface. The target
system operates at full speed while the debugger passively traces all
activity. It emulates internal instruction cache activity to keep the
trace buffer current. The trace buffer is 8 Kbytes deep. Hardware debug
features let the user bring up hardware with nothing more than power and a
clock, making a logic analyzer superfluous. It has several system test
routines that make use of the hardware features for initial analysis. The
system supports 16 software breakpoints and 5 hardware breakpoints,
including instruction address, data address or value, and external. The
host connection is via a parallel port or Ethernet. (From $15,875–30 days
ARO.) Step Engineering, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Jeri Ann Cromer
408-733-7837
CAPTION:
The Excell-930 in-circuit emulator from Step Engineering runs the Fujitsu
Sparclite embedded processor at 50 MHz.
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