Lauterbach is the largest manufacturer of emulators and debuggers worldwide. Founded in 1979, the company has over 30 years of experience in embedded microprocessor designs and development tools.
Lauterbach TRACE32 for the Nios II Processor
The Lauterbach TRACE32 family of modular microprocessor development tools supports the Nios® II embedded processor. Supported feature highlights are as follows:
Key Features for Lauterbach TRACE32
- TRACE32 PowerDebug—A cost-effective JTAG debugger probe that works in tandem with the Nios II debug core to enable debugging of Nios II based embedded systems
- Trace Extension—By enabling the off-chip tracing option on the Nios II processor, you can use TRACE32 PowerTrace to add advanced real-time trace functionalities to your debugging capabilities
- Instruction Set Simulator (free Download)—Lauterbach provides a free Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) for the Nios II processor, a valuable tool for developing a Nios II based system without the need for an actual target hardware
- TRACE32 PowerView—This is a flexible debug IDE user interface common to Trace32 PowerDebug, PowerTrace and the Instruction Set Simulator
- OS support —The TRACE32 PowerView provides OS kernel-aware debugging support for many operating systems which run on the Nios II processor
- Kernel debugging support for Linux—TRACE32 is the ideal tool for bringing up Linux kernel based applications on custom Nios II based hardware
- Advanced debugging support for Wind River Linux—Lauterbach TRACE32 PowerView offers the following advanced debugging features for Wind River Linux 2.0 for the Nios II embedded processor
- Wind River Linux kernel awareness
- Kernel debugging (KGDB) over the Nios II JTAG interface
- Application debugging over JTAG or serial interface
Literature and Training
- Free online course—Lauterbach Debug Tools
- AN 543: Debugging Nios II Software Using the Lauterbach Debugger (PDF)
- AN 391: Profiling Nios II Systems (PDF)
Contact Information
For additional information, contact Lauterbach at:
URL: www.lauterbach.com/frames.html?sales.html (Sales)
URL: www.lauterbach.com/ephone.html (Support)
