RICE17A - Advanced Transdata Corporation

RICE17A is a full-featured in-circuit emulator supporting the 8-bit PIC family microcontrollers from Microchip Technology. It comprises of an

emulator base and different processor emulation modules to support most of the PIC12, PIC16, PIC17 and PIC18 (future support) devices. The

emulator offers versatile and powerful features to allow you quickly debug your codes as well as hardware design. RICE17A interfaces to an IBM PC or

clone via the parallel port. It runs under Windows 95/98/2000/NT4 on any PC-386/486/Pentium or compatibles including notebook and laptop

computers. The system is compact and light weight. With all electronics cased inside an anodized aluminum enclosure, it can be easily brought on the

road, fit neatly in any work space, or be moved from one computer system to another.

The RICE17A emulator base contains all emulation and control logic, including:

Different emulation modules can be installed inside RICE17A to support various

PIC12/16/17/18 processors. These device specific emulation modules contain the

bondout chips from Microchip Technology to provide accurate, real-time and full speed

emulation. Series protective resistors are present on all I/O lines to prevent damage to

the bondout chips. The newer probes employ the 160-pin bondout chip to provide

extra functions like on-the-fly data capture, stopwatch and data bus capture. All

modules come with DIP emulation headers to plug directly into the target application.

Optional surface mount plugs are also available to suit one’s need.

RICE17A is designed to fully support the PIC processors’ capability to run at the 3V

level. Users can select from four different voltage settings, between 3.2V and 5V, to run

the processor. Full speed emulation is supported at the 5V level, 40Mhz, 33 Mhz and

20Mhz for the PIC18, PIC17 and PIC12/16 members respectively. When emulating at

3.2V, the speed will be lower as noted in the table on the right.

Feature Highlights

Processor Emulation Modules

Different Oscillator Sources

The RICE17A Hardware

Emulation Voltage and Speed

Real-time and full-speed emulation

3.2 volt to 5 volt emulation range

Supports most PIC12, PIC16, PIC17 and PIC18 microcontrollers

Flash-based firmware for easy product updates

Self-diagnostic test board comes with selective modules

Fast downloading and data retrieval during stepping via parallel port

Series protective resistors on all I/O pins of the bondout device

64K installed program memory and 32K real-time trace memory

12-clip external probes for logic trace and break functions

Source level debugging with popular PIC assemblers and compilers

Watch variables in word, byte and bit level, plus complex

variables support (depending on debug information from compilers)

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) runs under Win 95/98/2000/NT4

User’s Guide in HTML format for easy navigation

64K emulation memory

32K by 24-bit wide real-time trace memory to capture executed instructions real-time together with one of these information, depending on the

hardware being connected to the DB-15 connector on RICE17A:

logic states of the eight trace inputs from the 12-clip external probe cable

time stamp information captured with the optional PIC Time Stamp module

content of data bus captured with the Data Bus Capture cable from selected emulation modules

floating points and

Optional PIC Time Stamp module

12-clip external probe including 8 trace inputs, an external break input, a trigger output, a break output and a common ground pin

RICE17A provides several options to supply the oscillator frequency to run the processor:

from the internal onboard crystal which provides frequencies at 16Mhz, 8Mhz, 4Mhz, ..., etc.

from the emulation probes where users can plug in a 2-leaded crystal to give a custom frequency not available internally

from the oscillator socket on selected emulation plugs

from a crystal in the target or a frequency injected to the OSC pin of the target processor under test

PIC12/16/17/18 Emulator

Max Emulation Speed

Modules Supported Devices at 5V at 3.2V

PB-12A 12C508/509/518/519 20Mhz 4Mhz

PB-18* 18C242/252/442/452 40Mhz (future support)

PB-505A 16C505 20Mhz 8Mhz

PB-5XA 16C52/54/55/56/57/58 20Mhz 8Mhz

PB-62XA 16C620/621/622/554/556/558 20Mhz 8mhz

PB-66XA 16C641/642/661/662 20Mhz 4mhz**

PB-715A 16C715 20Mhz 8Mhz

PB-74A 16C62/63/64/65/72/73/74 20Mhz 4mhz**

PB-77A 16C66/67/76/77 20Mhz 4mhz**

PB-774* 16C772/773/774 20Mhz 8mhz

PB-87X* 16F873/874/876/877 and 20Mhz 8mhz

16C66/67/76/77

PB-1267X 12C671/672/673/674 20Mhz 8Mhz

PB-17B 17C42/43/44/752/756/76X 33Mhz 16Mhz

PB-71A 16C710/71/711 20Mhz 8Mhz

PB-84A 16C84/F83/F84 10Mhz 8mhz

* On-the-fly data capture break, stopwatch and data bus capture functions

** emulation on TMR1 is not supported under 4V

RICE17A with different processor modules and external probe cable

* Emulation Modules with new features include PB-87X, PB-774, PB-18 (available by late Q4, 2000)

RICE17A

NEW

Additional Features on New Emulation Modules*

On-the-fly data capture break with 2-level trigger and

pass counter, stopwatch and data bus capture

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Status Bar

Displays context sensitive help information

Shows Line and column numbers in the active source window

Shows processor status: Run, Halt or Wait

Displays current program counter

Shows oscillator source: Int OSC, Ext OSC

Shows current device

Source Window (Editor)

Directly edit and compile

Syntax sensitive display

Automatically opens corresponding

source files during stepping

Context menu functions to set

breakpoints, color, font, compile, and to

run application to current cursor

Tab set and search functions

Cursor shows the current program

counter

Breakpoint and trigger point

indicators

Multiple source windows can be opened

for main program and include file

modules

Workbook Mode Display

Arranges source windows as worksheets

and provides a tab-based user interface

for managing multiple source files

!Watch Window

Displays assigned watch variables in hex, decimal,

binary and ASCII

Watches can be set at word, byte, bit level or as

long variables

Supports IEEE754 24-bit and 32-bit floating point

Supports complex structures from selected debug

format (d39 from IAR)

Modify watch variables directly in the window

Data Memory Window

Editable data displayed in hex,

decimal or binary

Updated registers highlighted for

easy reference

User defined font and color

Trace Buffer Window

Displays real time executed instructions and one

of these data depending on the hardware being

connected to the DB-15 connector:

logic states of the eight trace inputs

time stamp information

contents of data bus from Data Bus Capture

cable of selected emulation modules

Self Diagnostic Test Board

The Software

To assure the functionality of the emulation probes for the bigger processors, PB-17B, PB-74A, PB-77A, PB-87X, PB-774 and PB-18 come with a self-

diagnostic test board. When running the test program provided in the software, this board automatically test the functional blocks of the processor

including I/O bits, data memory and peripheral functions like interrupts, timers, A/D, PWM, USART, etc.

RICE17A comes with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which runs under Windows 95/98/2000/NT4. The IDE user interface is so

intuitive that there is no learning curve to the system. Users can be up and running within minutes. All information regarding the PIC

microcontroller and the application is available right on the screen. It provides separate windows to examine source codes, program memory, data

memory, special file registers, watch variables, program stack and trace memory.

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Disassembled Window

Splitter window shows both disassembled

codes and corresponding source lines

Synchronized code execution between the

two views

Functions for redirecting program counter

and modify instruction codes

Current program counter cursor (arrow)

and line cursor (reversed bar)

Breakpoint (B) and trigger points (T)

indicators

Menu Bar and Tool Bars

Dockable tool bars with tool buttons and tool

tips for common functions like file operations,

compiling and all emulation controls

All tool bars can be customized to include or

exclude any function buttons

Stack Window

Displays the contents of the

available stack

Special Register Window

Updated registers per each instruction are highlighted for easy reference

Registers are displayed altogether in one page as well as in separate banks

Direct register editing in hex or decimal mode

Registers displayed in hex, decimal, binary and ASCII

Adjustable column width to hide unwanted displays

User defined font and color

Stopwatch -Available on the

new emulation modules like PB-

87X and PB-774, the stopwatch

provides the total time used to

run the instructions between two

given program addresses, input

by the users.

Real-time Data Conditional Break -New

emulation modules like

PB-87X, PB-774 use the

160-pin 16C03-ME/PQ

emulator chip. Together

with extra circuitry, they

provide on-the-fly memory

access for real-time data

breakpoints. This

conditional break offers 2-

lever trigger, bit mask for

data comparison, as well as

pass count support for

versatile and powerful real-

time data break.

PIC Time Stamp -This optional module connects to the DB-15 connector on RICE17A. When powered up and

configured in the software, it captures all elapsed times for program execution in the 32K real-time trace buffer.

Trigger addresses are used to clear and start the time capture.

All elapsed time information can be retrieved by uploading the trace buffer. The field highlighted in yellow is the

start address defined by the user via the context menu. To find the elapsed time from this start point to

another address, click the end point anywhere within the trace buffer which will then be highlighted with

a pop-up dialog displaying the total time taken to execute the instructions within the range.

PIC Time Stamp (optional) connected

to DB15 connector of RICE17A emulator

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Optional and New Features

Real-time Trace

Buffer

-RICE17A comes

standard with a 32Kx24-bit

real time trace memory. Of

the 24-bit data, 8 of which

is for one of the followings,

depending on the hardware

being connected to the 15-

pin connector on the

emulator:

8 trace inputs from the external logic probe

contents of data bus from Data Bus cable of new probes

time stamp details for all executed instructions

Data Bus Capture -

New emulation modules

like PB-87X and PB-774

come with a special

DataBus capture cable. This is connected

between the emulation module and the DB-15 connector on

RICE17A to capture contents of the data bus during program

execution. These data can be retrieved to the trace buffer for

analysis. The external clips on the cable are for break input,

break output, trigger output and ground (same as the four

clips on the external logic probe).

Trace buffer with data bus contents in hex and binary codes captured from Data Bus cable.

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Optional Emulation Headers

The emulation headers is a one-piece adapter which connects to the emulation cable of the processor module via a socket or connectors on top

and have a PLCC plug on the underside. It can be plugged into any matching PLCC socket on the target application for emulation.

PLCC

All the emulation plugs consist of two parts:SOIC/SOP

a PCB with a DIP or SDIP socket on top to connect to the emulation cable from the module and a receptacle on the underside of the PCB

the matching pin-count surface mount base to be soldered onto the foot pattern of the target application

PLUG-PLCC16/PLCC17 (PIC16,18/PIC17 44-pin PLCC)

System Requirements

Hardware Features

PC-386/486/Pentium or compatibles

Parallel port interface

Windows 95/98/2000/NT4

MS or compatible mouse

at least 64K RAM

Supports PIC12/16/17/18 family in real time emulation using emulator and

bondout chips from Microchip Technology

3.2V to 5V range emulation

32K deep, 24-bit wide real-time trace memory- records program flow and

one of these events: 1) external logic events from 8-trace inputs, 2) time

execution from optional PIC Time Stamp module or 3) data bus information

on selected processor modules

12-clip external probes for break input, break output, trigger output, GND

and 8 logic trace inputs which record the logic states of the target

Break input line will halt the processor from an external signal source

Trigger output line generates a positive pulse when an instruction is qualified

for trigger output, used to trigger a scope, other logic or instruments

Internal/External clock capability

Single flash-based firmware for all processor emulation modules

Complete system includes emulator, Windows 95/98/2000/NT4 IDE, 12-

clip external probe cable, self-diagnostic test board (per probe), power

adapter, interface cable and HTML user’s guide

Supports all operation modes of PIC17 and 64K external memory

Supports PIC18 family to a maximum of 64K program memory only

64K program memory

Software Features

Windows 95/98/2000/NT4 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with built-in editor and

direct link to most popular PIC assemblers and compilers

Click error message after compiling to locate referenced lines in Source Window for correction

if the compiler outputs an error file

Assembly and C source level debugging for MPASM, SPASM, MPC, MPLAB-C17, PIC C from

HI-TECH Software, EWPIC from IAR, PCB/PCM/PCW, CC5X, PICBasicPro and more

Splitter disassembled code window displays source and disassembled codes side by side

Multiple source windows for main program, header files or other include modules with editable

breakpoints and trigger points

Files displayed in Source Window are syntax sensitive and optional Workbook mode display

Unlimited software breakpoints set directly inside disassembled or any opened source windows

Real-time break conditions include break at address, break upon an external signal, break

when trace buffer is full and break when stack overflows

2-level trigger data capture break with pass counter support, data bus capture and stopwatch

functions on selected modules

Automatic trace or trace on specific address range

Trigger output on any address range

Watch variables can be defined in word, double word, byte or individual bit levels

Supports floating points and complex structures like arrays

Emulation controls include Run, Run from Reset, From new PC, To Cursor, Single Step, Step

over Calls, Return to Caller and Animation

Easily switches between assembly or C single steps via tool buttons or function keys

Separate Windows for source codes, disassembled codes, data memory, special registers,

program memory, trace, stack and watch variables

Context menu with direct access to functions available to each window

Customize font and color for each window

Saves debug environment including layout, breakpoints, watches, triggers, etc to an INI file,

enabling quick resumption of the debugging session

RICE17A Features Summary

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PLUG-EM75X (PIC17C75X 68-pin PLCC) PLUG-EM76X (PIC17C76X 84-pin PLCC)

0.7“ 0.7“

40-pin DIP socket

0.5“

0.42“

2.12“ 1.82“

1“

2.75“

1“

socket (crystal)

0.5“ 0.5“

2.14“

1.20“

socket (crystal)

1.20“

2.75“

PLUG-QFP16/QFP17 (PIC16,18/PIC17 44-pin QFP)

All the emulation plugs consist of two parts:QFP

a PCB with a socket or connectors on top to connect to the cable from the emulation module and a receptacle on the underside of the PCB

the matching pin-count surface mount base to be soldered onto the foot pattern of the target application

PLUG-PQ75X (PIC17C75X 64-pin QFP) PLUG-PQ76X (PIC17C76X 80-pin QFP)

0.52“

40-pin DIP socket

0.56“

0.42“

2.12“ 1.82“

0.48“

2.75“

0.56“

socket (crystal)

1.82“

0.55“

2.75“

0.56“

socket (crystal)

PLUG-SS28-3/6

(PIC16CXXX 28-pin SSOP)(PIC12CXXX 8-pin SM)

PLUG-SM8

(PIC12CXXX 8-pin SN)

PLUG-SN8

(PIC16C505 14-pin SL)

PLUG-SN14

(PIC16CXXX 18-pin SOIC)

PLUG-SO18

1.40“

0.40“

0.65mm

0.448“

assembled

1.45“

0.4“

0.42“

PLUG-SO28-3/6

(PIC16CXXX 28-pin SOIC)

0.42“

1.05“ 0.44“

0.31“

0.82“

0.25“

0.44“

0.25“