HP 64700 series User manual

HP 64700 Series Emulators
Analyzer
PC Interface
User’s Guide
HP Part No. 64740-97007
Printed in U.S.A.
August 1990
Edition 4

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Using this Manual
This manual will show you how to use the HP 64700 series analyzer
with the host computer PC Interface.
This manual will:
Briefly introduce the analyzer and its features.
Show you how to use the analyzer in its simplest, power-up
condition. From there, it will progressively show you how
and why you would use additional trace commands.
Show you how to connect the external analyzer probe to target
system signals and how to use the external analyzer as an
extension of the emulation analyzer.
Show you how to use the external timing analyzer via the
Timing Interface.
Show you how to set up the analyzer trigger to break the
emulator into the monitor program.
Show you how to drive external Coordinated Measurement
Bus (CMB) or BNC trigger signals with the analyzer trigger.
This manual will not:
Show you how to use every PC Interface command and
option; the PC Interface is described in the HP 64700
Emulators PC Interface: User’s Reference.

Organization
Chapter 1 Introducing the HP 64700 Series Analyzer. This chapter lists the
basic features of the analyzer. The following chapters show you how
to use these features.
Chapter 2 Using the Internal Analyzer. This chapter shows you how to use the
internal emulation analyzer, and it describes the basic steps performed
when using the analyzer.
Chapter 3 Internal Analyzer Examples. This chapter contains examples of
using the analyzer. It describes a sample program on which trace
measurements are made, and then it shows you how to specify a simple
trigger condition, how to use storage, prestore, and count qualifiers.
This chapter also shows you how to use the sequencer and how to trace
"windows" of program execution.
Chapter 4 Using the External Analyzer. This chapter shows you how to
connect the external analyzer probe to the target system and how to
configure the external analyzer (it may be aligned with the internal
analyzer, configured as an external state analyzer, or configured as an
external timing analyzer). This chapter shows you how to use the
external analyzer when it is aligned with the internal analyzer and
when it is configured as an external state analyzer.
Chapter 5 Using the External Timing Analyzer. This chapter shows you how to
use the external timing analyzer. The external timing analyzer allows
you to perform timing measurements and view the captured data in
waveform displays.
Chapter 6 Making Coordinated Measurements. This chapter shows you how to
allow other HP 64700 emulators to start trace measurements, how to
use the analyzer trigger condition to break the emulator, how to use the
emulation analyzer trigger to drive external trigger signals, and how to
allow the analyzers to be armed (turned on) by external trigger signals.

Contents
1 Introducing the HP 64700 Series Analyzer
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Analyzer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Simple Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Trace Storage, Prestore, and Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
External Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
External Timing Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Coordinated Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
2 Using the Internal Analyzer
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Modifying the Trace Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Sequence Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Sequence Level Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Storage Qualifier Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Find State or Trigger on State Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Occurrence Count Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Prestore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Trigger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Specifying State Patterns and Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Constants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Assigning Values to the Range Resource . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Assigning Values to the Pattern Resources . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Trace Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Predefined Values for 68000 Emulator Status. . . . . . . 2-11
Specifying Pattern Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Interset Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Intraset Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Set Operator Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
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Resetting the Trace Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Starting the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Halting a Trace Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Displaying the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Changing the Trace Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Tracing Foreground/Background Execution . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Trace Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
3 Internal Analyzer Examples
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
The Sample Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
What the Sample Program Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Mapping Memory for the Sample Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Loading the Sample Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Set Up the Stack Pointer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Running the Sample Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Activating the Trace Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Specifying a Simple Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Using Storage Qualifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Using Trace Prestore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Changing the Count Qualifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Using "Restart On" Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Using Branches "Per Level" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Storing "Windows" of Program Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Excluding Windows of Program Execution . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Triggering on a State Outside the Window . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Using Multiple Trigger Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
4 Using the External Analyzer
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Before You Can Use the External Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Assembling the Analyzer Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Connecting the Probe to the Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Connecting Probe Wires to the Target System . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Specifying Threshold Voltages & Defining Labels . . . . . . . . 4-9
Specifying Threshold Voltages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
External Trace Signal Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Defining External Analyzer Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Selecting the External Analyzer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using the External Analyzer when Aligned with Internal . . . . . 4-12
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Using the External State Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Selecting the Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Specifying the Maximum Qualified Clock Speed . . . . . . . 4-16
External Analyzer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
External State Analyzer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
5 Using the External Timing Analyzer
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Configuring for Timing Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Specifying Threshold Voltages & Defining Labels . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Threshold Voltages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Timing Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Acquisition Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Transitional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Glitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Sample Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Armed By . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
TRIG1 or TRIG2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Trigger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Trigger Holdoff (Prestore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Trigger Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Label Qualifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Specifying the Trigger Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Find Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Greater Than Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Less Than Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Then Find Edge or Glitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Timing Waveform Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Setting the Time per Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Scrolling through the Waveform Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Reference Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
User Defined (X, O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Cursor moves (X, O, X & O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
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Magnify About (X or O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Inserting/Deleting Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Starting the Timing Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Halting the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
External Timing Analyzer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
6 Making Coordinated Measurements
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Tracing at EXECUTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Using the Analyzer Trigger to Break into the Monitor . . . . . . . 6-3
Using the Analyzer Trigger to Drive External Signals . . . . . . . . 6-4
Allowing CMB or BNC TRIGGERs to Arm the Analyzer . . . . . 6-5
Arming the Internal Emulation Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Arming the External Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Using One Analyzer to Arm the Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Other Trigger Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
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