Xilinx FPGA , PowerPC 405, PowerPC 440 & MicroBlaze Emulator & HW/SW Debugger

Xilinx FPGA , PowerPC 405, PowerPC 440 & MicroBlaze Emulator & HW/SW Debugger
3-in-1 emulator : FPGA debugging / CPU debugging / Cooperative debugging (FPGA + CPU)

Product Description:

The F-Sight emulator is specifically designed for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro, Virtex-4 FX, and Virtex-5 FXT FPGA devices containing hard coded PowerPC 405 or PowerPC 440 microprocessors and Spartan 3/3E with soft core Microblaze. The F-Sight supports cooperative and simultaneous debugging of the PowerPC (or Microblaze) microprocessor software and FPGA hardware instead of independent debugging with an in-circuit emulator and logic analyzer, respectively. The F-Sight also supports FPGA configuration.

Setting up the debugging environment is made simple by a high-speed USB 2.0 connection to the development host and a 38-pin Mictor connector to the target system.

The software is the powerful CSIDE debugger which offers higher-level language (C) debugging plus support for embedded Linux and other real-time operating systems from various manufacturers.

► Features:

- Support for debugging of PowerPC microprocessor inside Virtex-II Pro Virtex-4 FX, Virtex-5 FXT, and Microblaze in Spartan 3 and Spartan 3E
- Support for cooperative debugging between CPU (software) and FPGA (hardware).
- 3-in-1 emulator : FPGA configuration / CPU emulation / Analyzer function. ►HW/SW Co-Debug
-HW/SW co-debug enables the FPGA hardware and the PowerPC software to be debugged simultaneously.
-Both program execution history and its waveform can be checked while synchronizing.

►Debug of PowerPC405 and Microblaze inside FPGA
-CPU program execution control (GO/Break)
-CPU break function
-Flash memory debugging function
-Program execution history display based on CPU tracing (synchronization with analyzer waveform)
►Debugging FPGA logic
- Analyzer monitor signal registration and automatic wiring can be performed from the HDL source window (Probing function)
- Display of the values of arbitrary signals from the FPGA internal circuits in the HDL source window (Quick inspection function)
- Logic analyzer function (synchronization with CPU tracing)
- Supports JTAG chain devices

►Simple Interface
-High-speed USB 2.0 connection to the development host and a 38-pin Mictor connector the target system
►Analyzer Extension Probe (Option)
- Analyzer option probe for adding 32 more channels

F-Sight Target Interface
In the F-Sight target interface, all the FPGA JTAG signals, PowerPC405 /PowerPC440/ MicroBlaze JTAG signals, trace signals and the analyzer signals are put together to the 38-pin Mictor connector.

Main Specification:			F-Sight PowerPC	F-sight MicroBlaze
Devices supported			Xilinx Virtex-II Pro, Virtex-4 FX, and Virtex-5 FXT with hard-coded PowerPC 405 or PowerPC 440 Processors	Virtex-II / Virtex-II Pro / Virtex-4 / Virtex-5 Spartan-3 / Spartan-3L / Spartan-3E / Spartan-3A
Target interface		Pins used	FPGA dedicated JTAG interface	JTAG I/F specifically for FPGA (Essential), Analyzer measuring pin (Optional)
	FPGA	Voltage	Auto trace (2.0V and 3.6V)	Auto trace (1.2V and 3.6V)
		JTAG clock	150KHz, 1MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz or 30MHz	150KHz, 1MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz or 30MHz
		Chain devices	Up to 8 (The sum of the JTAG instruction lengths must be no more than 128 bits.)	Up to 8 (Including CPU)
		Pins used	I/O pins are assigned with JTAG I/F and CPU tracing signals	-
	CPU	Voltage	Auto trace (1.2V and 3.6V)	-
		JTAG clock	1MHz to 40MHz	-
	Current Consumption		50uA or less
	Voltage Measurement		Measurement display based on sampling with 50 mV precision. Values displayed to two decimal points.	Measures by sampling and shows the results with accuracy of 50mV and precision showing 2 decimal places
	Connector		38-pin Mictor connector	38-pin Mictor connector
FPGA	Tools supported		ISE 8.1i/EDK 8.1i, ISE 8.2i/EDK 8.2i, ISE 9.1i/EDK 9.1i, ISE 10.1i/EDK 10.1i	ISE 8.1i/EDK 8.1i ISE 8.2i/EDK 8.2i ISE 9.1i/EDK 9.1i ISE 10.1i/EDK 10.1i
	Language supported		VHD and Verilog	VHD and Verilog
	Probing function		Automatically routes FPGA internal nodes to FPGA pins.	Automatically routes FPGA internal nodes to FPGA pins.
	Readback function		Sampling display for internal nodes and block RAM contents	Sampling display for internal nodes and block RAM contents
	Linkage function		Loads ISE in the background and automatically executes from synthesis through configuration	Loads ISE in the background and automatically executes from synthesis through configuration
CPU	Execution control		Program execution, Stop, Step execution, Trace execution, Come execution	Program execution, Stop, Step execution, Trace execution, Come execution - Debugging Mode: OPB_MDM
	Register, Memory		Reference to/change to register and memory, download to memory during a break	Supports referencing/editing of register and memory and downloading to memory during break.
	Software break		256 points	56 points
	CPU break		Program : 4 points - Data : 2 points	By setting hardware debug logic when building MicroBlaze with EDK.
	Flash memory		Various debug functions such as download to flash memory, software break specification and memory rewrite function are supported. A new device can be added easily by using the definition file.	Various debug functions such as download to flash memory, software break specification and memory rewrite function are supported. A new device can be added easily by using the definition file.
	Execution Time Measurement		Measures execution time of the user program (64-bit counter, measurement unit=1uS)
Trace function	Capacity		512K cycles	512K cycles
	Sampling clock		Max 200MHz	Max 200MHz
	Threshold settings		Can be specified between 0.3 V and 2.2 V in 0.1 V increment.	Can be specified between 0.3 V and 2.2 V in 0.1 V increment.
	Trigger settings		CPU event, Analyzer pattern condition, Edge specification	Analyzer pattern condition, Edge option
	Trigger position		5 positions between START and END	Any of 5 positions between START and END can be specified.
	Trigger mode		Trigger stop, Trigger break	Trigger stop, Trigger break
	Channels		16 channels (8 channels of which are for CPU tracing) as standard plus 32 channels for optional expansion	32 channels for optional expansion
	Time stamp function		10nS or 1μS	10nS or 1μS
Standard debugger			CSIDE for F-Sight 2VP-PPCE-E	CSIDE for F-Sight MicroBlaze-E

Language and RTOS Supported
C compiler	GNU C
RTOS (Option)	NORTi is supported by the dedicated debug library.
Embedded Linux (Option)	Supports Linux loadable module and application debugging with dedicated debug library. Features such as application memory profiling (memory leak detection), SIGSEGV detection, process tracing, process information display, target file system viewing/editing (Read/Write-accessible directory), shared library debugging, by-process execution/break are available.

Other Options
Product name	Description
Analyzer expansion probe	Analyzer option probe for adding 32 more channels
Target adapter conversion set	F-Sight target adapter conversion set for target systems not providing a Mictor connector

►F-Sight PowerPC
Part Number	Description	Price
F-Sight 2VP-PPC-E	FPGA PPC Emulator	$6,950
FS-ADP-SEPA-E	Conversion adapter set for the target systems not prepared with a Mictor connector	$725
FS-ADP-ML403-E	Conversion adapter specifically for Xilinx ML403/ML405/ML501 boards	$295
FS-EXANZ32	Probe for adding 32 additional channels to analyzer	$1,950
Linux-APDLIB-PPC400/F-E	Linux Debug Library	$1,950
CSIDE-Support	CSIDE for F-Sight 2VP-PPC-E Annual technical support fee	$625
►F-Sight MicroBlaze
Product	Remarks	Price
F-Sight MicroBlaze-E	FPGA Microblaze Emulator	$5,950
FS-ADP-M38-PC4ANZ-E	F-Sight MicroBlaze target adapter conversion set	$750
FS-ADP-S3E-STARTER-E	Conversion adapter specifically for Xilinx Spartan-3E/Spartan-3A Starter Kit	$495
FS-ADP-ML403-E	Conversion adapter specifically for Xilinx ML403/ML405/ML501 boards	$295
FS-EXANZ32	Probe for adding 32 additional channels to analyzer.	$1,950
TRACE-DBGLIB-MB/F-E	F-Sight MicroBlaze exclusive use CPU trace debug library	$1,950
CO-TRACE-DBGLIB-MB/F-E	CPU Trace Debug Library Set. CPU Trace Debug Library and Analyzer expansion probe ”FS-EXANZ32”.	$3,700
CSIDE-Support	CSIDE for F-Sight MicroBlaze-E Annual technical support	$625

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