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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Alistair Robertson, Glasgow, GB;

Mark Maiolani, East Kilbride, GB;

Inventors:

Alistair Robertson, Glasgow, GB;

Mark Maiolani, East Kilbride, GB;

Assignee:

NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30054 (2013.01); G06F 11/3636 (2013.01); G06F 11/3648 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for setting one or more breakpoints within executable program code of an embedded device is described. The method comprises copying at least one area of non-volatile memory (NVM) of the embedded device, comprising at least one instruction at which a breakpoint is to be set, into at least one area of overlay memory replacing within the overlay memory the at least one instruction at which a breakpoint is to be set with a breakpoint operation code, and enabling a mapping of the at least one area of NVM, comprising the at least one instruction at which a breakpoint is to be set, to the at least one area of overlay memory during execution of the program code within the embedded device.


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