Renesas HS2378KCI01H - Manual (Page 26)

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User system
Host computer
(PC with PCI slot)
User system interface cable
PCI card emulator
H8S/xxxx
Insert into
the PCI slot
Figure 1.2 System Configuration with the Emulator (PCI Card Emulator Used)
The emulator provides the following features:
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Excellent cost-performance card emulator
Compactness and low price are implemented using the PCMCIA interface or the PCI interface.
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Realtime emulation
Realtime emulation of the user system is enabled at the maximum operating frequency of the
CPU.
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Excellent operability
Using the Hitachi Debugging Interface (HDI) on the Microsoft ® Windows ® 98, Microsoft ®
Windows
®
Me, Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
, and Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 operating systems
enable user program debugging using a pointing device such as a mouse. The HDI enables
high-speed downloading of load module files.
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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.
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Memory access during emulation
During emulation, the memory contents can be read and modified.
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Debugging of the user system in the final development stage
The user system can be debugged under conditions similar to the actual application conditions.
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Compact debugging environment
When the card emulator specific to the PCMCIA interface is used, a laptop computer can be
used as a host computer, creating a debugging environment in any place.