How to setup SWO, ETM, ETB trace debugging

isaotakashima · ‎05-29-2017

Our customer interested MCUxresso IDE, because KDS (Kinetis Design Studio) does not support trace debugging feature.

According to the MCUXpresso fact sheet, MCUxpresso does support the following trace feature.

- Instruction Trace

- SWO Trace/Profiling

They have the J-Link, then they believe that they can debug using SWO Trace/Profiling.

Are they correct?

How about Instruction Trace? Can they debug use Instruction Trace?

They understand that they should purchase J-Trace to debug with ETM.

They would like to know which item is different from free edition for Professional edition.

Please reply as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Takashima

lpcxpresso_supp · ‎05-30-2017

MCUXpresso IDE's built in support for SWO trace and instruction trace is for use with LinkServer debugger connections (not JLink I'm afraid).

For SWO Trace you need a LPC-Link2 debug probe (with the CMSIS-DAP firmware supplied as part of MCUXpresso IDE). This does require a Cortex-M3/M4 based part with the SWO pin connected to the SWD connector on the board.

For instruction trace, you can use any LinkServer connection (including many other CMSIS-DAP probes, including OpenSDA circuits). This requires an M3/M4 based part with an ETB incorporated, or M0+ based part with MTB.

For more details, please consult the documentation provided with MCUXpresso IDE or downloadable from the Documentation tab of http://www.nxp.com/mcuxpresso/ide

Regards,

MCUXpresso IDE Support

danielholala · ‎01-31-2019

lpcxpresso_support wrote:
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For instruction trace, you can use any LinkServer connection (including many other CMSIS-DAP probes, including OpenSDA circuits). This requires an M3/M4 based part with an ETB incorporated, or M0+ based part with MTB.
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I digged out this old posting while looking for information about ETM. For the sake of clarity, what is ETB? Or did you mean ETM (Embedded Trace Macrocell)?

Edit:

I found some information about ETB ("Embedded Trace Buffer"). Arm's Cortex-M3 technical reference mention's ETB a few times without further explanation. CoreSight Trace Memory Controller Technical Reference Manual provides an example application of ETB.