Multi-Core Debug With CCS

In complex SoCs, just to observe and control a single core is insufficient. Tools to watch concurrent processes are needed when you want to detect, trace, and eliminate software problems or to profile system behavior for performance optimization. CCStudio v4 and v5 supports debug of multi-cores targets. See TI Wiki and CDT wiki:

• Multi-Core Debug with CCSv4.x;
• Multi-Core Debug with CCSv5;
• DSP/BIOS on Multi-Core single image;
• CDT / designs / Multi Core Debug;

The slides Multi-Core Debugging with  CCSv5 Basis provide the same info. In "DSP/BIOS on Multi-Core singleimage", some techniques to avoid

• Read/write data corruption between the cores;
• Breakpoint corruption between the cores;

are discussed.

JTAGjet is a JTAG for concurrent multi-core debugging with CCS and other debuggers.