topic Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins in i.MX RT Crossover MCUs

Confused - Multiple SWO pins

chriscowdery — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:14:34 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to understand SWO on iMXRT1021 (100pin package).

AD_B0_04 is JTAG_TDO which is SWO.

AD_B0_11 is ARM_CM7_TRACE_SWO.

Are they the same?

If they are different, what are they both for?

Thanks,

Chris.

Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins

victorjimenez — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:59:23 GMT

Hello Chris,

These two signals are not the same. The ARM SWO trace pin allows sending trace messages to the host. One common usage is to send debug or other messages to the host. SWO only needs a single pin, works only with SWD (not JTAG) and requires little code and resources on the target. To learn more about this pin you can refer at the following link: Tutorial: Using Single Wire Output SWO with ARM Cortex-M and Eclipse | MCU on Eclipse

Have a great day,
Victor

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Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins

chriscowdery — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:54:51 GMT

Hi Victor,

Thankyou. I have read that information. But I am still curious to know what the two pins do if they are both SWO!

Chris.

Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins

victorjimenez — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:23:35 GMT

Hi Chris,

ARM SWO works only with SWD, not with JTAG. SWD and JTAG are different debug interfaces. The difference between these two pins is that one is compatible with JTAG and the other one with SWD.

Have a great day,
Victor

Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins

chriscowdery — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 06:43:42 GMT

Hi Victor,

I think I am being incredibly stupid here, but I still don't understand which pin is for which.

So they both perform the SWO function, but are for use with different Debug Interfaces?

Please confirm ARM_CM7_TRACE_SWO is used with SWD?

JTAG_TDO?, is that SWO?, it cannot be SWO if the JTAG is being used because it is TDO? So when _can_ it be used as SWO?

Maybe it would be helpful to see a table of debug interfaces, e.g.

SWD

SWCLK = pinA or pinB

SWDIO = pinC or pinD

SWO = pinE or pinF

JTAG

TDI = pinA

TDO = pinB

TCK = pinC

TMS = pinD

SWO = pinE (but this is TDO??)

TRACE

TRACECLK = pinA

TRACED0 = pinB

TRACED1 = pinC

TRACED3 = pinD

TRACESWO = PinE

Thanks,

Chris.

Re: Confused - Multiple SWO pins

victorjimenez — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:58:13 GMT

Hi Chris,

Please see the following community document: Design Considerations for Debug. Here you will find a more detailed explanation. Keep in mind that SWO is also known as SWV, in the document I mentioned they reference as SWV for this signal.

Best Regards,

Victor