EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEBUG SYSTEM WITH PARTIAL HARDWARE ACCELERATION

摘要

An embedded software debug system with partial hardware acceleration includes a computer that executes a debug software stack. The debug software stack includes high level operations. The system also includes a remote microcontroller electronically connected to the computer. The system further includes an embedded processor electronically connected to the remote microcontroller. The remote microcontroller receives an applet from the computer and executes the applet in conjunction with the computer executing the debug software stack to debug the embedded processor. The applet includes low level protocol operations including performance critical tight-loops precompiled into machine code. The debug software stack may include a stub that replaces the tight-loops of the applet. The computer may send the applet to the remote microcontroller in response to executing the still).