REAL-TIME TRACE FOR ARM CORES
Moorpark, CA – March 13, 2002
– Signum Systems announces emulation support with ETM real-time trace buffer for the
ARM7® and ARM9® cores.
The new JDSnet-ARM/ETM emulator
JDSnet-ARM/ETM emulator with trace connects to the ARM target boards via a 38-pin AMP/Tyco
Mictor connector and allows to debug embedded ARM7 and ARM9 core designs in real-time,
with clocks up to 200 MHz.
The small, desktop unit features serial, parallel and Ethernet connections to any Windows
hosted PC. Being very portable and with effective code download speeds of 140 Kbytes per
second, the new JDSnet-ARM/ETM emulator/debugger will fill the growing need for a
high-performance, low-cost development system.
Besides the fast download, JDSnet-ARM/ETM features full breakpoint control, instruction
stepping in C and assembly, access to all on-chip and off-chip registers, memory, C/C++
level debugging, automated test facility and multi-core support.
Up to 1M samples of the program flow and data transactions may be captured in real-time by
the trace buffer at clock speeds of up to 200 MHz. The trace fully supports ARM's Embedded
Trace Macrocell (ETM) with its 16 hardware address triggers (or 8 address ranges), 8 data
value triggers, 3-level sequencer, four 16-bit event counters and external trigger I/O.
Trace information may be filtered in real-time to allow only the relevant information to
be stored in the trace buffer. Once captured the information may be further filtered or
tagged to make the process of finding and identifying captured information faster and
easier.
JDSnet-ARM/ETM is available with Signum Systems' Multi-Core Chameleon Debugger to provide
full real-time control and visibility of the program's behavior in RAM, ROM and Flash
targets for ARM, DSP and other CPU cores in a single-core or SoC environment, without the
need to change the emulator.
Chameleon Debugger supports all of the most popular C/C++ compilers with source level
debugging (e.g ARM, Green Hills Software, GNU, etc.) and features the latest advanced
debugging and verification tools like: variable value pop-ups in source window,
pass-points, statistical analysis, graphical complex breakpoint definitions and virtual
prototyping. JDSnet-ARM/ETM is also fully compatible with the ARM ADS software debugger
and any other RDI compliant third party debugger.
JDSnet-ARM/ETM and Chameleon Debugger for all ARM7 and ARM9 cores are available within 2
weeks ARO. Prices start at $2,950. For further information call Signum Systems at (800)
838-8012 or visit our web site at www.signum.com.
About Signum Systems
Founded in 1979, Signum Systems positioned itself in the mainstream of the embedded
emulation market. Signum Systems supplies full featured in-circuit emulators (ICE), JTAG
based emulators and debuggers to developers of microcontroller, microprocessor, RISC and
DSP (Digital Signal Processor) based systems. Its major customers include hard disk drive
makers (Maxtor, Seagate), embedded products manufacturers and microcontroller chip vendors
like: Intel, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Philips, National Semiconductor, Lucent, Infineon,
Zilog, TDK, Adaptec and Cirrus Logic.
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JDSnet and Chameleon Debugger are trademarks of Signum Systems
Corp. ARM is a registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Other brands and products are
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