Capturing Time-Slice of Emulation Data for Offline Embedded Software Debug

An emulator communicatively coupled to a host system, the emulator comprising:

• a reconfigurable circuit to implement a design under test (DUT) to be tested, the DUT including an embedded processing unit, the embedded processing unit to execute design instructions for testing an operation of the DUT, the design instructions executable by the embedded processing unit during clock cycles of the DUT;
• and
• an embedded processor logger, the embedded processor logger configured to generate a stream of values indicative of a portion of execution results, the portion of the execution results corresponding to a portion of the clock cycles,
• wherein the host system is configured to generate a log file based on the stream of values, the log file including a list of the design instructions executed by the embedded processing unit and the portion of the execution results.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed by a host system cause the host system to:

• configure an emulator to implement a design under test (DUT) on a reconfigurable circuit of the emulator, the DUT including an embedded processing unit and a memory unit;
• configure the emulator to execute design instructions for testing an operation of the DUT through the embedded processing unit, the design instructions executable by the embedded processing unit during clock cycles of the DUT;
• receive a stream of values, the values indicative of a portion of execution results of the design instructions executed by the embedded processing unit of the DUT, the values stored by the memory unit of the DUT;
• store the stream of the values at one or more storage units of the host system;
• and
• generate a log file based on the stored stream of the values, the log file including a list of the design instructions executed by the embedded processing unit and the portion of the execution results.