In-circuit emulation of single chip microcontrollers
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Dec 7, 2004
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Jan 12, 2001
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Jan 12, 2001
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An in-circuit emulation system consisting of an emulation base and a slightly modified, flash-based COP8 architecture microcontroller. In addition to the flash memory where the User's program resides, the COP8 device includes a small ROM area with a monitor program that is used to communicate commands and data with the emulation base. Two new instructions are added, one for entering the ROM area and one for exiting it. A small set of the COP8 device's digital pins are modified to allow data, status and control to be exchanged between the COP8's CPU and the emulation base. These modified COP8 pins are recreated by the emulation base so that emulation occurs with the COP8's full complement of I/O. The content of the signals shared between the COP8 and the emulation base allows for a full range of emulation capabilities. The COP8 device is emulated in situ on the printed circuit board providing accurate operation of precision peripherals and environmental variables. The signals shared with the emulation base are routed to a standard, simple connector. The connector is configured so that the printed circuit board can be easily switched between a development system and a production system.
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