We’ve all been there. When debugging a microcontroller project, we just want to put in a print statement to figure out what’s going on with the microcontroller in real time. However, advanced embedded ...

If you develop an application on a small microcontroller, your diagnostic tools for debugging of the program code might be very limited. This Design Idea introduces a simple debugging routine for ...

The 8-bit microcontroller has been the mainstay of embedded-control systems for nearly 20 years. Several popular architectures are available, the devices are available for a low cost, the instruction ...

Before the introduction of on-chip debugging, most software developers were using expensive In-Circuit Emulators (ICE) for application testing on microcontrollers.High-end emulators were connected via ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced the E8a emulator, an ultra-small, low-priced, environment-friendly on-chip debugging emulator for developing ...

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Sometimes, security mechanisms can be bypassed if you just do things slightly out of the ordinary. For instance, readout protection on microcontrollers is a given nowadays, to the point where it’s ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 30, 2012 — Semiconductor IP provider CAST, Inc. now offers a debugging solution for 8051 IP cores that requires a single connection instead of the four needed for traditional ...

Energy Micro is offering a development kit for its ARM Cortex-M3-based EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontrollers, which provides users with full J-Trace and J-Link support. According to Andreas Koller, v-p ...

For debugging embedded microcontrollers running at 200MHz speeds tool vendors are making use of high speed serial interfaces such as USB to speed up data transfers. But the Nexus high speed interface ...