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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/349 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 11/348 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microcontroller has integrated monitoring capabilities for network applications. The disclosed techniques can take advantage, for example, of an unused, duplicate network controller that is present in some microcontrollers by providing selection circuitry and configuration capabilities that allow the unused, duplicate network controller to be used for the purpose of monitoring frames that are transferred between network media and another network controller residing on the microcontroller. The monitored frames can then be used, for example, for debugging or other purposes, such as statistical analyzes or security enhancements.