Powerful Debug Tool for ARM11 Derivative from Freescale

Universal Debug Engine 2.1 also now available for i.MX31 Multimedia Applications Processor

Lauta, Germany, September 2007 - In addition to optimized debug tools for various ARM7 and ARM9 derivatives, pls Programmierbare Logik & Systeme will also present, for the first time, at ARM Developers Conference, Booth #611, in Santa Clara, October 2-4 2007, the Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 2.1 for Freescale's i.MX31 Multimedia Applications Processor, which is based on a standard ARM1136JF-S core.

The intuitive and configurable user interface of the UDE 2.1 provides i.MX31 users with unrestricted C/C++ support, a powerful symbol browser, freely configurable toolbars, extensive context related menus and HTML as description language for user specific windows. The use of standard script languages guarantees a high level of automation.

The i.MX31 supported task specific breakpoints can be used easily and comfortably by means of the UDE 2.1 user interface, which is optimized for this purpose. Beyond that, the extensive support of the integrated ETB/ETM unit of the i.MX31 ensures a particularly efficient program and date trace. The UDE supports visualization and configuration of the powerful peripheral modules at symbol level with text descriptions.

In combination with the pls Universal Access Device (UAD), download rates of up to 1MByte/s can be achieved with the UDE 2.1 via the JTAG interface. This not only allows designers of i.MX31 based multimedia applications an extremely fast Flash programming, but also short turnaround times. The Debug Communications Channel (DDC) of the JTAG interface is used for support of a debug terminal (Simulated I/O).

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