The demands placed on embedded software development systems have increased significantly in recent years. This is particularly apparent in the test and debugging sectors. Extremely high-performance, multi-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), which integrate an increasing number of functions, require radical rethinking in several aspects. By Heiko Riessland, Product Manager with PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme.

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme presents an optimized test and debugging solution, the Universal Debug Engine version 4.0.2, for the new ARM Cortex-M0 core-based 32-bit microcontroller family XMC1000 from Infineon Technologies that delivers 32-bit performance at 8-bit prices. The Universal Debug Engine UDE 4.0.2 for the XMC1000 MCU family is available immediately.

PLS has announced that it will be exhibiting its Universal Access Device 2pro at electronica 2012 in Hall A6, Booth A12. The UAD2pro is an especially high-performance, versatile target access device for on-chip debugging of a wide range of 16 bit and 32 bit microcontrollers.

As a result of the very early and close cooperation with Infineon Technologies and several key customers, PLS now presents the first optimized test and debug solution, the Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 3.3, for the new multi-core architecture of the 32-bit microcontroller family AURIX.

Synchronized with the market launch of the new XMC4000 microcontroller (MCU) family of Infineon Technologies which is based on ARM Cortex-M4 processor, PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme presents its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 3.2.1, optimized test and debug tools for the high performance and also energy efficient SoC devices.

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme now introduces its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 3.1.7., the first debugger solution for the new 32-bit multicore architecture, which Infineon Technologies AG introduced in October of this year. This solution is the result of a very early and close cooperation of Infineon with PLS as tool partner.

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme now also supports the latest TC1791, TC1793 and TC1798 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs), which operate with clock frequencies of up to 300 MHz, of Infineon's AUDO (AUtomotive unifieD processOr) MAX family with its modular component based Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 3.0.10, its Universal Access Device 2 family and its Universal Emulation Configurator (UEC).

Universal Debug Engine - Embedded Development, Emulator, Debug and FLASH Programming Tools for 16/32-bit Microcontrollers C166, ST10, XC166, XC2000, XE166, TriCore, Power Architecture, PowerPC, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, Cortex-A8, ARM7, ARM9, ARM11, XScale, SuperH SH-2A

The latest Version 3.0.7 of the Universal Debug Engine (UDE) from PLS is equipped with optimized test and debug functions for NXP’s LPC4300 highly integrated dual-core system-on-chip (SoC) family and offers unlimited dual-core debugging under a single user interface.