We’ve all been there. When debugging a microcontroller project, we just want to put in a print statement to figure out what’s going on with the microcontroller in real time. However, advanced embedded ...

If you develop an application on a small microcontroller, your diagnostic tools for debugging of the program code might be very limited. This Design Idea introduces a simple debugging routine for ...

The 8-bit microcontroller has been the mainstay of embedded-control systems for nearly 20 years. Several popular architectures are available, the devices are available for a low cost, the instruction ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced the E8a emulator, an ultra-small, low-priced, environment-friendly on-chip debugging emulator for developing ...

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Before the introduction of on-chip debugging, most software developers were using expensive In-Circuit Emulators (ICE) for application testing on microcontrollers.High-end emulators were connected via ...

Sometimes, security mechanisms can be bypassed if you just do things slightly out of the ordinary. For instance, readout protection on microcontrollers is a given nowadays, to the point where it’s ...

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 30, 2012 — Semiconductor IP provider CAST, Inc. now offers a debugging solution for 8051 IP cores that requires a single connection instead of the four needed for traditional ...

Energy Micro is offering a development kit for its ARM Cortex-M3-based EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontrollers, which provides users with full J-Trace and J-Link support. According to Andreas Koller, v-p ...

The last few years have seen the move from a small number of technology hobbyists building hardware and writing software, to a large and active global maker community. The new breed of ‘digital ...