Renesas HS2378KCM01H Network Card User Manual


 
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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:
Excellent cost-performance card emulator
Compactness and low price are implemented using the PCMCIA interface or the PCI interface.
Realtime emulation
Realtime emulation of the user system is enabled at the maximum operating frequency of the
CPU.
Excellent operability
Using the Hitachi Debugging Interface (HDI) on the Microsoft
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Windows
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98, Microsoft
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Windows
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Me, Microsoft
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Windows NT
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, and Microsoft
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Windows
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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.
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.
Memory access during emulation
During emulation, the memory contents can be read and modified.
Debugging of the user system in the final development stage
The user system can be debugged under conditions similar to the actual application conditions.
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.