ARM DSTREAM-ST User manual
ARM® DSTREAM-ST
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Getting Started Guide
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Federal Communications Commission Notice
This device is test equipment and consequently is exempt from part 15 of the FCC Rules under section 15.103 (c).
Class A
Important: This is a Class A device. In residential areas, this device may cause radio interference. The user should take the
necessary precautions, if appropriate.
CE Declaration of Conformity
The system should be powered down when not in use.
It is recommended that ESD precautions be taken when handling DSTREAM-ST equipment.
The DSTREAM-ST modules generate, use, and can radiate radio frequency energy and may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment causes harmful
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• Ensure attached cables do not lie across the target board.
• Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult ARM Support for help.
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Contents
ARM® DSTREAM-ST Getting Started Guide
Preface
About this book ...................................................... ...................................................... 8
Chapter 1 Introduction to ARM® DSTREAM-ST
1.1 ARM® DSTREAM-ST box contents .......................................................................... 1-11
1.2 The DSTREAM-ST unit ............................................. ............................................. 1-12
1.3 Buy ARM® DSTREAM-ST ........................................................................................ 1-16
Chapter 2 Setting up ARM® DSTREAM-ST
2.1 Installing the USB drivers for the DSTREAM-ST unit .............................................. 2-18
2.2 Updating the DSTREAM-ST firmware .................................. .................................. 2-19
2.3 DSTREAM-ST unit boot sequence .......................................................................... 2-20
2.4 Connecting and powering up the DSTREAM-ST unit .............................................. 2-21
Chapter 3 Working with ARM® DSTREAM-ST
3.1 Debugging with DSTREAM-ST ....................................... ....................................... 3-24
3.2 Hot-plugging the debug cable .................................................................................. 3-25
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ARM® DSTREAM-ST
4.1 Troubleshooting your DSTREAM-ST unit ................................................................ 4-27
4.2 Restoring a DSTREAM-ST unit ....................................... ....................................... 4-30
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List of Figures
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Figure 1-1 Rear of DSTREAM-ST unit .................................................................................................... 1-12
Figure 1-2 Front of the DSTREAM-ST unit ............................................................................................. 1-13
Figure 1-3 Indicator LEDs on the top of the DSTREAM-ST unit ............................................................. 1-14
Figure 2-1 Connecting the DSTREAM-ST unit ....................................................................................... 2-21
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List of Tables
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Table 4-1 Troubleshooting checklist ...................................................................................................... 4-27
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About this book
Describes the DSTREAM-ST debug and trace unit which allows you to debug and optimize your
software on ARM® processor-based hardware targets.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction to ARM® DSTREAM-ST
DSTREAM-ST is a debug and trace hardware unit that enables powerful software debug and
optimization on ARM® processor-based targets.
Chapter 2 Setting up ARM® DSTREAM-ST
This chapter contains instructions for connecting your DSTREAM-ST unit to your host computer
and target system.
Chapter 3 Working with ARM® DSTREAM-ST
ARM DSTREAM-ST is a comprehensive solution for development and debug of complex SoCs.
This chapter explains some of the ways you can use DSTREAM-ST to work with your targets.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ARM® DSTREAM-ST
This chapter describes the steps that you need to take when ARM DSTREAM-ST does not
function as expected.
Glossary
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terms. The ARM Glossary does not contain terms that are industry standard unless the ARM meaning
differs from the generally accepted meaning.
See the ARM Glossary for more information.
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<and>
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For example:
MRC p15, 0, <Rd>, <CRn>, <CRm>, <Opcode_2>
SMALL CAPITALS
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ARM Glossary. For example, IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED, IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFIC, UNKNOWN, and
UNPREDICTABLE.
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Chapter 1
Introduction to ARM® DSTREAM-ST
DSTREAM-ST is a debug and trace hardware unit that enables powerful software debug and
optimization on ARM® processor-based targets.
DSTREAM-ST lets you connect DS-5 Debugger to an ARM processor-based target using a hardware
interface such as JTAG or Serial Wire Debug (SWD). It also enables the collection of narrow-port (4-pin)
parallel streaming trace from the device for non-intrusive debug and code optimization.
This chapter describes the DSTREAM-ST hardware.
It contains the following sections:
•1.1 ARM® DSTREAM-ST box contents on page 1-11.
•1.2 The DSTREAM-ST unit on page 1-12.
•1.3 Buy ARM® DSTREAM-ST on page 1-16.
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1.1 ARM® DSTREAM-ST box contents
The DSTREAM-ST product box contains the required components to set up and connect your
workstation to your ARM architecture-based development board.
The items are:
• DSTREAM-ST unit.
• Power supply unit and associated cables.
• Ethernet cable.
• USB3.0 cable.
• CoreSight™ 10/20-way 0.05" pitch ribbon cable.
• JTAG 20-way 0.1" pitch ribbon cable.
• JTAG 14-way Texas Instruments adapter.
• MICTOR 38 adapter.
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1.2 The DSTREAM-ST unit
The DSTREAM-ST unit provides the hardware interface to connect the host computer to your target.
Rear of the DSTREAM-ST unit
The rear of the DSTREAM-ST unit contains ports for connecting to the network, host workstation, and
the power source. It also contains the RESET button and the USER IO port.
USB3.0 portEthernet port User IO port Reset button Power input
Figure 1-1 Rear of DSTREAM-ST unit
Ethernet port
If you want to access your DSTREAM-ST unit over the local area network, use the Ethernet
port.
The green LED indicates that the Ethernet link is up and running. The yellow LED indicates that
activity is taking place. Supported speeds are: 10/100/1000 Mbps.
USB3.0 port
If you want to connect the DSTREAM-ST unit directly to your host workstation.
Note
DSTREAM-ST is a USB3.0 device. To achieve USB3.0 data transfer speeds, your workstation
must have a USB3.0 port and you must use a USB3.0 data cable.
USER IO port
Use the USER IO port to set up custom input or output connections to your target. See the ARM
DSTREAM-ST System and Interface Design Reference Guide for more details.
RESET Button
Press and release the RESET button to reset the DSTREAM-ST unit when required.
Note
If you continue to hold the RESET button for 10 seconds more, the STATUS LED flashes red
rapidly. When you release the RESET button after this point, DSTREAM-ST reboots and
defaults back to factory installed firmware. Use the Debug Hardware Firmware Installer view
in DS-5 to update the firmware of your DSTREAM-ST unit.
Power input
Connect the power adapter provided with the DSTREAM-ST unit to this port.
Front of the DSTREAM-ST unit
The front of the DSTREAM-ST unit contains ports for connecting to your target.
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Figure 1-2 Front of the DSTREAM-ST unit
CORESIGHT20
A high-density connector that supports 10-way or 20-way CoreSight standards in addition to a
subset of the MIPI debug connection standards. It provides support for Serial Wire and JTAG
interface modes in a 20-pin (0.05") connector.
Note
To collect trace data, you must use this port.
ARM JTAG 20
The most commonly used debug connector standard for ARM architecture-based target boards.
It provides support for Serial Wire and JTAG interface modes in a 20-pin (0.1") connector.
AUX
This port is included for any potential future enhancement of DSTREAM-ST.
Other connectors
Included with DSTREAM-ST are:
•Texas Instruments 14-way adapter - Used in conjunction with the ARM JTAG 20 cable,
provides debug access to any target with a TI JTAG 14 header.
•MICTOR adapter - Used in conjunction with the ARM JTAG 20 and CoreSight 20 cables,
this adapter provides debug and trace access to any target with a MICTOR socket.
Note
To achieve full MICTOR connectivity, you must use both the ARM JTAG 20 and CoreSight
20 cables.
Optional adapters
The following adapters are also available for use with DSTREAM-ST. Each of these allows
capture of up to 4-bit wide ETM trace and also allow the use of separate debug and trace power
domains.
•MIPI-34 adapter - This adapter connects directly to the front panel of DSTREAM-ST and
is supplied with a MIPI-34 ribbon cable to provide debug and trace access to any target with
a MIPI-34 header.
•MIPI-60 adapter - This adapter plugs into a target's MIPI-60 socket and converts it to a
MICTOR socket for use with the DSTREAM-ST MICTOR adapter.
Indicator LEDs on the top of the DSTREAM-ST unit
When you power up the DSTREAM-ST unit, various LEDs on top of the unit indicate the status of the
unit.
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Figure 1-3 Indicator LEDs on the top of the DSTREAM-ST unit
DSTREAM logo
The DSTREAM logo on the top of the unit illuminates and the STATUS LED begins to flash
when you power up the DSTREAM-ST unit. The DSTREAM logo flashes when you press the
Identify button in any of the debug hardware tools provided with DS-5.
STATUS
Illuminates to show that DSTREAM-ST is in its ready state. If a critical error is detected, the
STATUS LED illuminates as continuous red. You must reset the DSTREAM-ST unit to the
factory settings before you can continue using it. See 4.2 Restoring a DSTREAM-ST unit
on page 4-30 for additional information.
FLASH
Illuminates when the unit is accessing its internal flash storage.
TARGET
Illuminates when a valid target VTRef is detected.
DEBUG
Illuminates when debug data transfer takes place.
TRACING
Indicates that DSTREAM-ST is attempting to capture data and synchronize with the trace
stream.
TRIGGER
Indicates that a trigger is detected.
DATA
Indicates that trace synchronization is complete and DSTREAM-ST is capturing trace data.
OVERFLOW
Indicates an error condition during trace capture. An error might occur when it has not been
possible to stream trace data to the host workstation at appropriate speeds, for example, if the
USB port of the host PC is only operating at USB2.0 speeds or if the Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
bandwidth is not sufficient.
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TRC CLK
If the TRC CLK LED is off, then no trace clock is present.
If the TRC CLK LED is green, it indicates that a valid trace clock is detected.
If the TRC CLK LED is red and flashing, it indicates that the received trace clock is not within
the acceptable range (This LED could also indicate that the clock is too slow or too fast.).
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1.3 Buy ARM® DSTREAM-ST
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You can contact them to buy DSTREAM-ST.
For OEM licenses, contact ARM® directly.
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Chapter 2
Setting up ARM® DSTREAM-ST
This chapter contains instructions for connecting your DSTREAM-ST unit to your host computer and
target system.
It contains the following sections:
•2.1 Installing the USB drivers for the DSTREAM-ST unit on page 2-18.
•2.2 Updating the DSTREAM-ST firmware on page 2-19.
•2.3 DSTREAM-ST unit boot sequence on page 2-20.
•2.4 Connecting and powering up the DSTREAM-ST unit on page 2-21.
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2.1 Installing the USB drivers for the DSTREAM-ST unit
To use the DSTREAM-ST unit with a USB connection, USB device drivers must be installed for your
operating system. The USB drivers for DSTREAM-ST are provided with ARM DS-5.
The drivers for DSTREAM-ST are optionally installed as part of the install process for DS-5. If you have
skipped the driver install process in DS-5, follow these steps to install them.
Procedure
• On Windows:
1. Using administrative privileges, run the driver_install.bat batch file available in
DS-5_install_directory\sw\driver_files directory.
2. In the DS-5 Driver Installation Wizard, click Next and follow the steps.
Note
During installation, you might receive warnings such as Windows can't verify the publisher of
this driver software. You can safely ignore these warnings and continue with the installation.
3. After the drivers are installed, click Finish.
• On Linux:
1. Using root privileges, run the run_post_install_for_ARM_DS-5_vx.x.sh script file available in
the DS-5 install directory. The x.x in the filename denotes the DS-5 version that is installed on
your workstation.
2. Enter yes to confirm the installation.
The USB drivers are now installed on your workstation.
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2.1 Installing the USB drivers for the DSTREAM-ST unit
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2.2 Updating the DSTREAM-ST firmware
The DSTREAM-ST firmware contains specific sections of code for each ARM processor. These are
called templates. Each template defines how to communicate with the device and the settings that you
can configure for that particular device.
Firmware updates are supplied with ARM DS-5. You must ensure that you align the firmware updates
with the same version used by DS-5.
In DS-5, the latest firmware files are available at: DS-5_install_directory\sw\debughw\firmware\
To install or update the firmware on DSTREAM-ST, use the Debug Hardware Firmware Installer view
in DS-5. To view the Debug Hardware Firmware Installer in DS-5, from the main menu, select
Window > Show View > Other > Debug Hardware Firmware Installer.
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2.2 Updating the DSTREAM-ST firmware
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2.3 DSTREAM-ST unit boot sequence
Your DSTREAM-ST unit goes through a boot sequence when you power it up. Various LEDs identify
the progress of the boot sequence.
The DSTREAM-ST unit follows this boot sequence:
1. The DSTREAM logo illuminates blue.
2. The FLASH LED flashes as accesses take place.
3. The STATUS LED flashes green and then stays illuminated.
4. If the target is connected to the DSTREAM-ST unit and powered, the TARGET LED illuminates
green.
The DSTREAM-ST unit is now ready for use.
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2.3 DSTREAM-ST unit boot sequence
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