Documentation set for the
ARM on-chip debug and trace solution
,including the CoreSight architecture, Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM), Program Flow Trace (PTM), and ARM Debug Interface (ADI) architectures, Trace Buffers, the Embedded Cross-Trigger, and other CoreSight components.
CoreSight on-chip debug and trace includes:
- Architecture specifications for the CoreSight Architecture, the Program Flow Trace Macrocell (PTM) and Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM), the High Speed Serial Trace Port, and the ARM Debug Interface.
- A CoreSight Technology System Design Guide.
- CoreSight components, including the Debug Access Port (DAP), the Embedded Cross Trigger (ECT), AMBA Trace Bus (ATB) bridge and replicator, the Trace Funnel, the Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU), the Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB), and the Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM).
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Trace macrocells for ARM processors, including the CoreSight ETM9, CoreSight ETM11, CoreSight ETM-R4, and CoreSight PTM-A9
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The AMBA AHB Trace Macrocell (HTM).
- The TPIU-Lite and DAP-Lite to provide debug solutions for simple systems.
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