TMS320TCI6487
TMS320TCI6488
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SPRS358F–APRIL 2007–REVISED AUGUST 2008
8.19 Emulation Features and Capability
8.19.1 Advanced Event Triggering (AET)
The TCI6487/8 device supports Advanced Event Triggering (AET). This capability can be used to debug
complex problems as well as understand performance characteristics of user applications. AET provides
the following capabilities:
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Hardware Program Breakpoints: specify addresses or address ranges that can generate events such
as halting the processor or triggering the trace capture.
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Data Watchpoints: specify data variable addresses, address ranges, or data values that can generate
events such as halting the processor or triggering the trace capture.
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Counters: count the occurrence of an event or cycles for performance monitoring.
State Sequencing: allows combinations of hardware program breakpoints and data watchpoints to
precisely generate events for complex sequences.
For more information on AET, see the following documents:
Using Advanced Event Triggering to Find and Fix Intermittent Real-Time Bugs application report (literature
number SPRA753)
Using Advanced Event Triggering to Debug Real-Time Problems in High Speed Embedded
Microprocessor Systems application report (literature number SPRA387)
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