lpc2106fhn48/00 NXP Semiconductors, lpc2106fhn48/00 Datasheet - Page 24

• Manufacturer Part Number: lpc2106fhn48/00
• Description: Single-chip 32-bit Microcontrollers; 128 Kb Isp/iap Flash With 64 Kb/32 Kb/16 Kb Ram
• Manufacturer: NXP Semiconductors

Philips Semiconductors
LPC2104_2105_2106_6
Product data sheet
6.18.2 Embedded trace
6.18.3 RealMonitor
Since the LPC2104/2105/2106 have significant amounts of on-chip memory, it is not
possible to determine how the processor core is operating simply by observing the
external pins. The Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) provides real-time trace capability
for deeply embedded processor cores. It outputs information about processor execution to
the trace port.
The ETM is connected directly to the ARM core and not to the main AMBA system bus. It
compresses the trace information and exports it through a narrow trace port. An external
trace port analyzer must capture the trace information under software debugger control.
Instruction trace (or PC trace) shows the flow of execution of the processor and provides a
list of all the instructions that were executed. Instruction trace is significantly compressed
by only broadcasting branch addresses as well as a set of status signals that indicate the
pipeline status on a cycle by cycle basis. Trace information generation can be controlled
by selecting the trigger resource. Trigger resources include address comparators,
counters and sequencers. Since trace information is compressed the software debugger
requires a static image of the code being executed. Self-modifying code cannot be traced
because of this restriction.
RealMonitor is a configurable software module, developed by ARM Inc., which enables
real time debug. It is a lightweight debug monitor that runs in the background while users
debug their foreground application. It communicates with the host using the DCC (Debug
Communications Channel), which is present in the EmbeddedICE logic. The
LPC2104/2105/2106 contain a specific configuration of RealMonitor software
programmed into the on-chip flash memory.
Rev. 06 — 25 July 2006
LPC2104/2105/2106
Single-chip 32-bit microcontrollers
© Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 2006. All rights reserved.
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