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 ...
Hackaday

Manta: An Open On-FPGA Debug Interface

We always can use more tools for FPGA debugging, and the Manta project by [Fischer Moseley] delivers without a shadow of a doubt. Manta lets you add a debug and data transfer channel between your ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...