Electronic Design

Trace and Debugging: An Explanation, Techniques, and Applications

Modern trace and debugging techniques. IDEs to use for trace and debugging. In computer programming and software development, engineers will deploy debugging tools and processes to find and mitigate ...
EDN

Fast insight into MicroBlaze-based FPGA designs with the MicroBlaze Trace Core (MTC)

Editor's note: In this third installment of a four-part series on debugging FPGA designs, author Brad Frieden explains how the MicroBlaze Trace Core (MTC) allows designers to trace both address and ...
Business Wire

Efinix® Announces Support by Lauterbach TRACE32® Debug and Trace Tools

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Efinix®, an innovator in programmable product platforms and technology, today announced support by the Lauterbach TRACE32® suite of debug and trace tools for its ...
EDN

Core-assisted approach accelerates debug of FPGA DDR II interfaces

With IO rates of several hundred megahertz, FPGAs have become an excellent medium for implementation of high-speed memory controllers. Fast memory storage and retrieval often involve implementing DDR ...
Electronic Design

Hardware Emulation for Software Validation (Part 2): Hybrid Emulation and Trace-Based Debug

Editor’s Note: Lauro Rizzatti went to Russell Klein, director of engineering at Mentor Graphics and a hardware emulation expert, to learn more about hybrid emulation. This column is co-authored by the ...