Lauterbach's TRACE32® Exports Real-Time Trace Data to the INCHRON Tool-Suite
Hoehenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, August 2014 – Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of microprocessor development tools, and INCHRON, leading provider of design, test and validation solutions for real-time critical software, have joined together to enable a versatile measurement and analysis of program and task run times in embedded systems.
At the embedded world show 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany, LAUTERBACH and INCHRON agreed to collaborate. Now, four months later, the result is a new interface to exchange trace data between TRACE32® and the INCHRON Tool-Suite. As a result of the intensive level of cooperation this valuable feature has been created in very quickly.
The big advantage of this solution is the seamless transfer of data in real-time from the Lauterbach Trace tools into the model based world of the INCHRON Tool-Suite. In very early stages of the new project, when debugging the code, timings can be measured and used directly in the system model. This means the developer can check immediately, how his components behave within the complete system, and the impacts his code has on other software components. This allows him to drastically reduce the development time.
The TRACE32 trace tools are able to record the program flow and task switches of the target platform in real-time, without any instrumentation. In addition the tool attaches a time stamp to the recorded program and data flow. This record is the timing behaviour of the application with no modifications or instrumentation. This data can be used to create a comprehensive analysis of performance and code coverage
For easy visualization of the recorded information about task events and timing, this data is transferred to INCHRON chronVIEW in an open data format. chronVIEW then can analyse the task run times and task events, and can perform a design and actual worst case analysis. The user can then optimise the system as required based on this analysis.
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About INCHRON
INCHRON is the worldwide leading manufacturer and provider of design and test solutions for real-time critical software in embedded systems. In various projects at notable OEMs and suppliers, the methods and tools of INCHRON have been used for years across many industry sectors. The INCHRON Tool-Suite provides a unique combination of simulation (chronSIM) and validation (chronVAL) for an overall analysis of real-time systems. The real-time behaviour of these systems is shown clearly in great detail in timing diagrams, histograms, boxplot-diagrams and many more visualizations. Real-time requirements can be checked and verified at any time. Several perspectives allow the evaluation of data flows and scheduling events, to find the cause of requirement violations. For more information visit http://www.inchron.com
About LAUTERBACH
Lauterbach is the leading manufacturer of complete, modular and upgradeable microprocessor development tools worldwide with experience in the field of embedded designs since 1979.It is an international, well-established company with blue chip customers in every corner of the globe and has a close working relationship with all semiconductor manufacturers. At the headquarters in Höhenkirchen, near Munich, the engineering team develops and produces highly proficient and specialized Development Tools, which are utilized all over the world under the brand TRACE32®. Own branch offices exists in United Kingdom, Italy, France, Tunisia, on the East and West coasts of the United States, Japan and China. Highly qualified sales and support engineers are also available in many other countries.
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