Microprocessor device and emulator device thereof

A microprocessor device comprising:

• an operand address register for storing an operand access address for an operand access;
• an access generation instruction address register for storing an access generation instruction address corresponding to the operand access;
• an operand data register for storing input/output data for the address indicated by the operand address;
• selection means, controlled by a selection signal provided from a source external to the microprocessor, receiving the operand address output from the operand address register and the access generation instruction address output from the access generation instruction register and for outputting one of the operand address and the access generation instruction address as an output signal and wherein the selection means outputs the operand address as the output signal when the selection signal is in an enable state, and the selection means outputs the operand address and the access generation instruction address corresponding to the access operation as the output signal when the selection signal is in a disable state;
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• output means for outputting the output signal selected by the selection means to a device external to the microprocessor.

A microprocessor device comprising:

• an operand address register for storing an operand access address for an operand access;
• an access generation instruction address register for storing an access generation instruction address having caused the operand access;
• an operand data register for storing input/output data for the address indicated by the operand address;
• selection means, controlled by a selection signal provided from a source external to the microprocessor, receiving the operand data transferred from the operand data register and the access generation instruction address transferred from the access generation instruction register and outputting one of the operand data and the access generation instruction address as an output signal and wherein the selection means outputs the operand data as the output signal when the selection signal is in an enable state, and the selection means selects the access generation instruction address as the output signal when the selection signal is in a disable state;
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• output means for outputting the output signal selected by the selection means to outside of the microprocessor.

A microprocessor device comprising:

• an operand address register for storing an operand access address for an operand access;
• an access generation instruction address register for storing an access generation instruction address having caused the operand access;
• an operand data register for storing input/output data for the address indicated by the operand address;
• selection means, controlled by a selection signal provided from a source external to the microprocessor, receiving the operand data transferred from the operand data register and the access generation instruction address transferred from the access generation instruction register and outputting one of the operand data and the access generation instruction address as an output signal and wherein the selection means outputs the operand data as the output signal when the selection signal is in an enable state, and the selection means outputs the operand data and the access generation instruction address as the output signal when the selection signal is in a disable state;
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• output means for outputting the output signal selected by the selection means to outside of the microprocessor.

An emulator device comprising:

• a microprocessor device including,
• an operand address register for storing an operand access address for an operand access,
• an access generation instruction address register for storing an access generation instruction address corresponding to the operand access,
• an operand data register for storing input/output data for the address indicated by the operand address,
• selection means, controlled by a selection signal provided form a source external to the microprocessor, receiving the operand data transferred from the operand data register and the access generation instruction address transferred from the access generation instruction register and outputting one of the operand data and the access generation instruction address as an output signal, and
• output means for outputting the output signal selected by the selection means to outside of the microprocessor;
• hold means, connected to the address pin in the microprocessor, for holding the output data from the microprocessor through the address pin;
• address output means connected to the hold means;
• trace information storage means for storing the information transferred through the address pin and an input/output pin in the microprocessor for inputting/outputting the operand data, and the address output means as trace information during a real-time trace operation;
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• trace control means for generating the selection signal and for outputting the selection signal to the selection means in the microprocessor, for generating a hold signal and for outputting the hold signal to the hold means, and for generating a store signal and for outputting the store signal to the trace store means,
• wherein the hold means outputs the operand address to the address output means during both of the hold signal and the selection signal are in the enable state.

An emulator device comprising:

• hold means for inputting an operand address transferred through an address pin in a microprocessor device incorporated in the emulator device during an emulation test operation, for temporarily holding the operand address for operand access;
• trace information storage means for storing the operand address obtained through the address pin and an access generation instruction address corresponding to the operand access as trace information during a real-time trace operation;
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• trace control means for outputting a selection signal with a predetermined timing, for outputting a hold signal indicating a timing to store the operand address into the hold means, and for outputting a store signal indicating a timing to store the trace information,
• wherein the hold means stores an input signal and outputs the input signal when the selection signal is in the enable state and the hold signal changes to the disable state, and for withholding the input signal when the state of the hold signal changes to the enable state, and for holding the access generation instruction address as the microprocessor device during the selection signal and the hold signal are in the disable state.

A microprocessor device comprising:

• an address generation section for generating an address for memory access operation;
• an execution program counter (PC) register for indicating an execution PC to be executed in an arithmetic device;
• a multiplexer for multiplexing either an output signal transferred from the address generation section or an output signal transferred from the execution PC register according to a selection signal provided from a source external to the microprocessor;
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• an address bus for outputting the output signal from the address generation section and the output signal from the execution PC register to a device external to the microprocessor based on control by the multiplexer,
• wherein the microprocessor outputs the output signal transferred from the address generation section when the selection signal in a disable state and
• outputs alternately the output signal from the address generation section and the output signal from the execution PC register by multiplexing them to the address bus when the selection signal is in an enable state.

An emulator device comprising:

• a microprocessor device including,
• an address generation section for generating an address for memory access operation,
• the address generator section generating an operand address,
• an execution program count (PC) register for indicating an execution PC to be executed in an arithmetic device,
• a multiplexer for multiplexing either an output signal transferred from the address generation section or an output signal transferred from the execution PC register according to a selection signal provided from a source external to the microprocessor, and
• an address bus for outputting the output signal from the address generation section and the output signal from the execution PC register to outside of the microprocessor based on control by the multiplexer,
• wherein the microprocessor outputs the output signal transferred from the address generation section when the selection signal in a disable state;
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• outputs alternately the output signal from the address generation section and the output signal from the execution PC register by multiplexing them to the address bus when the selection signal is in an enable state;
• hold means for temporarily storing the output signal transferred through the address bus in the microprocessor device;
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• trace information store means for storing the output signal transferred from the address generation section and the execution PC register through the address bus as trace information during a real-time trace operation,
• wherein the operation of the hold means is controlled by a hold signal indicating a timing to store the hold information, and the operation of the trace store means is controlled by a store signal indicating a timing to store the trace information,
• the hold means holds the output signal and outputs the output signal when the selection signal is in the enable state and the hold signal changes to the disable state, the hold means withholds the output signal when the hold signal changes to the enable state, and
• the trace information store means stores the execution instruction address as the output signal transferred from the microprocessor device through the address bus when the selection signal and the store signal are in the disable state.

An emulator device comprising:

• hold means for temporarily storing an output signal transferred from an address generation section through an address bus in a microprocessor device incorporated in the emulator during an emulation test operation;
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• trace information store means for storing the output signal transferred from the address generation section and from an execution PC register through the address bus as trace information during a real-time trace operation,
• wherein the operation of the hold means is controlled by a hold signal indicating a timing to store hold information, and the operation of the trace information store means is controlled by a store signal indicating a timing to store trace information, and wherein
• the hold means stores the output signal and outputs the output signal when the selection signal enters the enable state and when the hold signal enters the disable state, the hold means does not store the output signal when the hold signal enters the enable state, and
• the trace information store means stores the execution instruction address as the output signal transferred from the microprocessor device through the address bus when the selection signal and the store signal are in the disable state.

An emulator apparatus comprising:

• a microprocessor including a first and a second internal register;
• a multiplexer receiving inputs from the first and second registers and selectively outputting the contents of the first and second registers to a first bus as output information, the multiplexer being controlled by a select signal supplied external to the microprocessor;
• a holding register receiving input from the first bus, the holding register storing the first output information according to a hold control signal and providing the stored first output information to a second bus;
• a trace information memory device connected to the first and second buses and storing information from the first and second buses according to a trace store signal;
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• a control circuit outputting the select signal, the hold signal and the trace store signal, wherein during a first time period, the select signal is placed at a first logic level to output the contents of the first register to the first bus, the hold signal is a logic level to provide the contents of the first register to the second bus, and wherein during a second time period, the select signal is placed at a second logic level to output the contents of the second register onto the first bus and the hold signal is set to another logic level to provide the contents of the first register stored in the hold register to the second bus during the second time period, the trace control signal being activated to store the contents of the first and second buses into the trace control memory during the second time period.