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Programmierbare Logik & Systeme is offering debug and trace for NXP’s S32N55 16 core software-defined vehicle processor, announced yesterday. It is included in the 2024 version of UDE, the company’s universal debug engine. With UDE “the Cortex-R52 main cores and the Cortex-M7 auxiliary cores are all visible and can be controlled from one common debugger user interface”, according to PLS. ...

Industry veteran Rupert Baines is to be CEO at GaN-based motor drive company QPT of Cambridge UK from 1 April. Prior to this, he has been CEO at UltraSoC and CMO of Codasip. “Rupert has been the lead adviser for QPT since January 2022 and his support has been invaluable,” said QPY founder and CTO Rob Gwynne. “We are now ...

Microchip has upped the security of a family of PIC18 microcontrollers by adding a one-time disable to its programming and debugging interface. Called PDID (programming and debugging interface disable), “when enabled, this enhanced code protection feature is designed to lock out access to the programming-debugging interface and block unauthorised attempts to read, modify or erase firmware”, according to Microchip. The ...

Programmierbare Logik & Systeme (PLS) is attempting to ease tracing during debug with software that automates trace set-up. ‘SimplyTrace’ is an extension included in its ‘UDE’ (universal debug engine) tool’s 2023 release, and initially works with Infineon’s Aurix family, Arm Cortex MCUs with CoreSight debug and trace, and PowerArchitecture devices with Nexus Class 3 trace support. “For efficient use of ...

STMicroelectronics had built a general purpose power consumption tester and a general purpose power supply for any ≤3.6V microcontroller into its latest programme/debug probe for STM32 MCUs. Called STLINK-V3PWR (see photo), the unit’s measurement section is compatible with EEMBC’s ULPMark tests, according to ST. It provides a programmable 1.6 to 3.6V 500mA (100mV steps, protected at 550mA) source (‘OUT’, see ...

Segger has added support for 64bit Risc-V to Embedded Studio. Covering CPUs including RV64I, RV64E and RV64GC with a floating-point unit, it comes integrated with emRun C/C++ runtime and emFloat floating-point libraries, the Segger Linker and Compiler. The GNU compiler and linker are also included. “64bit embedded systems are gaining popularity with faster chips and bigger applications,” said compamy MD ...

Programmierbare Logik & Systeme (PLS) is covering NXP’s new S32K3 automotive MCU family trace and debug in the latest version of its Universal Debug Engine (UDE). S32K3 MCUs are based on the Arm’s Cortex-M7 core in single, dual and lock-step configurations for ISO 26262 functional safety applications up to ASIL D. Devices are offered in a range of flash memory sizes and ...

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme has expanded its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) to cover the SafeRTOS real-time operating system. UDE is intended for debugging, testing and analysing microcontroller applications, and this addition gives it functions software development of real-time and safety-critical applications. SafeRTOS is a pre-emptive, safety critical RTOS from Wittenstein High Integrity Systems, available pre-certified by TÜV SÜD to ...

SiFive has announced hardware trace and debug for RISC-V processor IP. Called SiFive Insight, it is intended to, according to the company, “meet customer demand and expectations for the capability to access, observe, and control products deploying SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP portfolio”. “SiFive Insight is the industry’s first integrated RISC-V processor core, trace, and debug IP solution from a single ...

Tap-Hat is a multi-purpose JTAG debugger board for those developing software to run on Raspberry Pi: RTOSs, Linux and bare-metal code in particular. Photo of prototype As well as this, the board can turn a Raspberry Pi into a JTAG-based debugging machine for other processor boards. It supports: USB-connected debugging of a code on a Pi board (using an add-on ...