Microcomputer

摘要

A microcomputer contains an electrically erasable flash memory for storing a program under development and a debugging circuit 7 having a dedicated input/output terminal for connection to an external ICE 14, and the debugging circuit 7 has a function of communication with a CPU 1, a function of communication with the ICE 14, a function of tracing the operating condition of the CPU 1, a break function of generating a debug interrupt, a function of writing a program code from the ICE 14 into the flash memory 6 and a function of sending the contents of the flash memory 6 to the ICE 14.