Tektronix, Inc.

Douglas G Boyce

Sam M Deleganes

Steven C DenBeste

John D Blattner

Timothy E Bieber

Kenneth K Hillen

Robert M Nathanson

A microprocessor system debug tool has a mainframe which interfaces with a user. A ROM emulator replaces a ROM unit of the microprocessor system to be tested and has a monitor portion which is used to perform debug functions specified by the user. A user defined control line is connected to the interrupt system of the microprocessor system to cause the target microprocessor to stop execution of the user's program and jump to the monitor portion upon the occurrence of a user defined event to execute microprocessor specific debug code generated by the mainframe in response to the user's input. At the conclusion of debug code execution the microprocessor resumes the user's program. A word recognizer is connected to the microprocessor bus to detect the results of the debug code execution, the results being forwarded to the mainframe for display to the user.

Microprocessor system debug tool

A digital signal sampling system is disclosed for reconstructing the time relationship of digital data signals sampled by two sampling clock signals with different unrelated timebases. The digital data signals sampled may be the same data signal or two different data signals sampled simultaneously in two separate sampler circuits at two different unrelated sampling clock frequencies or timebases to produce first and second sampled data signals. A timebase correlation circuit produces first and second time correlation signals in the form of binary level signals in response to the receipt by a last clock pulse detector of first and second store clock signals which are derived from first and second sampling clock signals. The time correlation signals indicate by their binary level the source of the last previous clock pulse of the first and second store clock signals which was received by the timebase correlation circuit. The timebase correlation signals and the first and second sampled data signals are stored in two acquisition memories connected to such sampler circuits, and are read out of the memories and together with a last clock pulse output of the correlation circuit are applied to a data signal reconstruction means including a digital computer which is programmed to reconstruct the digital data signals in time relationship and to display the reconstructed data signals on a cathode ray tube or other display device.

Digital signal sampling system with two unrelated sampling timebases

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Douglas G Boyce