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5 viewing the trace information, 1 opening the [trace] window, 2 acquiring trace information – Renesas Emulator System E8 User Manual

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5.5

Viewing the Trace Information

For the description on the trace function, refer to section 2.2, Trace Functions.

Note: The R8C/Tiny series MCUs do not have trace functions.

5.5.1 Opening

the

[Trace] Window

To open the [Trace] window, choose [View -> Code -> Trace] or click the [Trace] toolbar button
(

).

5.5.2

Acquiring Trace Information

The acquired trace information is displayed in the [Trace] window.

Figure 5.9 [Trace] Window

This window displays the following trace information items:

[PTR]

Pointer to a location in the trace buffer (+0 for the last executed instruction)

[IP]

The amount of acquired trace information

[Type]

Type of branch:

BRANCH: branch source

[Address] Instruction

address

[Instruction] Instruction

mnemonic

[Source]

The C/C++ or assembly-language source program

[Label] Label

information

It is possible to hide any column not necessary in the [Trace] window. Selecting a column you
want to hide from the popup menu displayed by clicking the right-hand mouse button on the
header column hides that column. To display the hidden column, select the column from the said
popup menu again.

Note: The number of branch instructions that can be acquired by a trace and the trace display

differ depending on the product. For the specification of each product, refer to the online
help.

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