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Hewlett-Packard Announces New Series of In-Circuit Emulator Probes

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Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of in-circuit emulator probes specifically designed for Motorola 68331, 68332, 68F333, and 68336 microcontrollers. The new emulators offer full-speed debugging capabilities, expanding HP's popular emulation system. These emulators support standard emulation features, such as real-time trace and symbolic debug, and offer advanced capabilities like up to 8-MB of fully dual-ported emulation memory and improved memory-map resolution of 256-byte boundaries.

Key Takeaways:

  • The new emulators support all standard emulation features, including real-time trace and symbolic debug.
  • They offer up to 8-MB of fully dual-ported emulation memory, allowing designers to modify and display C and assembly debug functions without interrupting program execution.
  • The ability to emulate 8-bit or 16-bit memories allows engineers to match emulation-memory width to target-memory width, providing flexibility in chip-select usage and allowing the combination of 8-bit and 16-bit memory in a single memory area.
  • The emulators support clock speeds to 33 MHz with no wait states out of target memory and up to 25 MHz with no wait states out of emulation memory, enabling debugging at full processor speed for chips available today and for the faster chip speeds of tomorrow.
  • The new emulators are part of HP's 64000 series development tools, a comprehensive embedded software development, debugging, and analysis environment.
  • The system features a common user interface and operating environment, integrating software design and development tools with system-integration and analysis tools to accelerate the development process.
  • The HP 64782B/C/D/G emulators are estimated to be delivered within four weeks from receipt of order.

Statistics:

  • Up to 8-MB of fully dual-ported emulation memory.
  • 256-byte boundaries memory-map resolution.
  • Clock speeds to 33 MHz with no wait states out of target memory.
  • Up to 25 MHz with no wait states out of emulation memory.
  • Four weeks estimated delivery time for the HP 64782B/C/D/G emulators.

Sources:

  • Hewlett-Packard Company press release.
  • HP's 64000 series development tools documentation.
  • Motorola 68331, 68332, 68F333, and 68336 microcontrollers documentation.

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