| Designed
to fit into the palm of one hand, the Flex-ICE020 provides non-intrusive,
real-time (zero-wait-state) emulation support for all derivatives of the
Motorola 68020 series, including devices operating at 33MHz. The emulator
is fully compatible with Flex, Noral's real-time, high-level debugger for
Windows and, because of its FPGA-based design, offers the flexibility of
real-time hardware reconfiguration in the field. The compact size of the
unit makes it ideal for "on-site" activities such as installation
and post-production development. |
The
latest addition to Noral Micrologics' FlexTools family of real-time development
tools is a compact, 32-bit, in circuit emulator which, at under $10K, significantly
reduces the cost of developing embedded systems based on Motorola's 68020
architecture. |
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| The Flex-ICE020
incorporates an expandable 32K x 128bit real-time, time-stamped trace buffer
for full analysis without breaking target execution, and a comprehensive
event detection system which simplifies the task of tracking down difficult
bugs "on the fly". An innovative "dual-porting" capability
in which both ICE and target have access to emulator RAM provides real-time
reading and writing of system memory, allowing access to key variables without
breaking target execution. |
| As
well as a comprehensive hardware breakpoint capability, the Flex-ICE020
can accommodate more than 500,000 real-time access breakpoints, a particularly
relevant feature when debugging C/C++ code. The ability to set up to 500,000
trace entry points further improves C/C++ development by ensuring total
control over the bus activity captured by the trace, while a flexible trace
signal input configuration gives the user the freedom to determine the specific
signals to be captured. |
| Flex-ICE020
is supplied with 512Kbytes of expandable overlay memory and features a high-speed,
EPP-compliant, parallel interface to reduce the time taken to download programs
for debugging. The emulator also supports power cycling which allows the
target to power down and back up without affecting emulation. Based on fully
reprogrammable FPGA technology, the Noral Flex-ICE020 minimises the requirement
for numerous pieces of test equipment as it can be reconfigured, in the
field, to perform completely different development and measurement tasks.
Noral will shortly be taking full advantage of this real-time hardware reconfiguration
capability with releases of software that allow the emulator to be redefined
as a tool for performance measurement and code coverage analysis.
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