Debugger targets TI OMAP application processors

ASSET will demonstrate SourcePoint’s new, patent pending trace capabilities as it debugs code running on a TI OMAP54xx during next week’s ARM TechCon in Santa Clara, Calif0rnia.  To serve the needs of different types of design teams that may be developing a wide range of applications, two ASSET Arium run-control probes support the SourcePoint ARM debugger. The LC-500S is a cost-effective run-control probe for debugging ARM code running on OMAP processors. SourcePoint on the LC-500S supports TI’s Embedded Trace Buffer and takes advantage of ARM’s Program Trace Macrocell (PTM) and System Trace Macrocell (STM) capabilities. The SourcePoint ARM debugger provides extensive post-capture analytics, results graphing and search functionality. The LX-1000 Trace Port Analyser supports extensive external storage of two gigabytes for trace results. Software and firmware engineers can thoroughly and effectively examine the trace results stored in the LX-1000 to identify the precise location of the cause of a bug in the code. Post-processing capabilities such as statistical tabulation and others are synchronized with SoucePoint’s line-by-line code display of trace results. The Arium tools will also be available as part of the ScanWorks platform in its test and validation toolset.