Renesas Emulator System E8 - Manual (Page 20)

The emulator has three activation modes:
(1) A mode in which the emulator program is started after it has been downloaded to the target
device:
This mode is used when there is no emulator program in the flash memory of the target device.
(2) A mode in which the emulator program is started without downloading it to the target device:
This mode is used when there is an emulator program in the flash memory of the target device.
(3) A mode in which the emulator is used as the flash memory programmer:
This mode is used when the emulator is used for programming the flash memory.
The emulator provides the following features:
(1) Excellent cost-performance card emulator
Compactness and USB connection are obtained.
(2) Realtime emulation
Realtime emulation of the user system is enabled at the maximum operating frequency of the
MCU.
(3) Excellent operability
Using the High-performance Embedded Workshop on the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000, or
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system enables user program debugging using a pointing
device such as a mouse.
(4) Various debugging functions
Various break and trace functions enable efficient debugging. Breakpoints and break
conditions can be set by the specific window, trace information can be displayed on a window,
and command-line functions can be used.
(5) Debugging of the user system in the final development stage
The user system can be debugged under conditions similar to the actual application conditions.
(6) Compact debugging environment
A laptop computer can be used as a host computer, creating a debugging environment in any
place.
(7) The emulator can be used to program the internal flash memory.
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