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DEBUG STATE MACHINE CROSS TRIGGERING

  • US 20120150474A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2010
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for performing debug operations in an electronic system that includes a plurality of electronic modules and a plurality of debug circuits, each debug circuit being integrated with a corresponding one of the plurality of electronic modules, the method comprising:

  • each of the plurality of debug circuits producing a first cross trigger signal on a communications interface between the plurality of debug circuits, wherein the first cross trigger signal indicates that a triggering event has not occurred;

    each of the plurality of debug circuits determining whether the triggering event has occurred; and

    in response to determining that the triggering event has occurred, each of the plurality of debug circuits producing a second cross trigger signal on the communications interface, which indicates that the triggering event has occurred.

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