Corelis ports development tool to latest AMCC processors

-- Test & Measurement World, 4/15/2008 3:07:00 AM

Corelis announced that its CodeSymphony software development and JTAG debug environment now works with PowerPC 460EX and 460GT embedded processors from Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC). CodeSymphony, which combines an Eclipse-based development platform with JTAG emulation, is included in the AMCC evaluation kits for these and other AMCC platforms.

By incorporating the use of Eclipse and GDB, both open source applications, the learning curve for developers is greatly diminished. The basic version of CodeSymphony provides register and memory control functions, plus additional features and commands to complement the GDB debugger, such as the ability to read special-purpose registers, set hardware breakpoints, and other target hardware-specific features. When upgraded to the JTAG-based version of CodeSymphony, users have access to advanced features, including support for board bring-up, partial functionality debug, boot loader debug, kernel-level debug, and optional flash memory programming.

For the AMCC evaluation kits, CodeSymphony uses the onboard gdbserver and Ethernet interface to connect to the board. You can upgrade CodeSymphony to JTAG emulation by purchasing a USB 2.0 or Ethernet JTAG controller. Corelis also complements CodeSymphony emulators with ScanExpress JET (JTAG Emulation Test), a suite of on-board functional test tools that leverages the AMCC processor’s JTAG port to exercise the surrounding circuitry for at-speed functional testing.

Corelis, www.corelis.com.