Processors - Direct Insight Tools and Platforms for Intel XScale Processors

For Marvell microcontrollers, see our PXA270, PXA310 and PXA320 pages

We provide debug solutions including connection to GDB for Linux debugging, as well as support for XScale trace for all IXP and IOP processors including IXP425, IXP465, IOP321 etc.

Advanced JTAG Emulator: Mentor Graphics (EPI)
Whether debugging for Windows CE.NET, Linux, or with a wide variety of other operating systems, the MAJIC-MT emulator provides a high-speed hardware interface between the XScale processor, and either industry-standard debug environments, such as Microsoft's Platform Builder, GDB, MontaVista or EPI's own EDB debugger.

Completely non-intrusive, the MAJIC-MX interface communicates to the CPU core by JTAG using the existing boundary scan pins. It uses no target memory and requires no porting to the target system.

MAJIC-MT is especially designed for XScale devices, and as such is able to access the XScale's Intel on-chip trace capability. With this facility, on-chip debug circuitry captures trace information in real-time, which is subsequently transferred to the emulator via the JTAG interface.

Ideal for SoC-based applications, MAJIC-MT provides 32 x 512K trace memory with trace control. Complete processor control means you can start, stop and single-step execution; read and write to registers, memory, and system I/O; and download code to target RAM - all within most industry standard debugger interfaces.

EPI's EDB source level debugger provides a powerful interactive debug environment, with configurable RTOS support and extensive processor support.

For Windows CE.NET developers wishing to use hardware-assisted debug, MAJIC products ship with an eXDI interface, and Platform Builder plug-in, ensuring seamless integration.