Real-Time Development Tools Provide Inverse Assembly Of Traces

Sept. 15, 2003

The IA-MIPS-IV-1 development tools are designed for hosting on Agilent Technologies' 1680/90 logic analyzers. They provide real-time state and timing analysis, including inverse assembly of captured traces of any 64-bit dual-issue MIPS-IV-based microprocessor. Included configuration software sets up the format specification menu of the logic analyzer for compatibility with the processor. Filters let users select which cycles to view. Preference menu selection enables the display of processor registers using a hardware or software naming convention. Labels may be added or deleted from the listing menu for correlating user-defined signals. Available now, the tools cost $3250.

Corelis Inc.www.corelis.com; (562) 926-6727

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.