| 摘要 |
<p>A microcontroller software testing tool (100) for testing and debugging software for a target semiconductor circuit implemented as a dynamic link library (210). The microcontroller software testing tool (100) includes a simulator (300) for simulating the execution of the software program on the target semiconductor circuit and an emulator (400) to permit emulation before the actual silicon exists. The microcontroller software testing tool (100) includes a software development environment dynamic link library (220) monitors the estimated time to execute the software on the target semicondutor circuit and monitors the percentage of code that is executed during texting. In an emulation mode, the microcontroller software testing tool (100) utilizes a low-cost field programmable gate array programmed with a hardware description language description of the target semiconductor circuit. The features of the microcontroller software testing tool (100) are accessible by means of a data exchange protocol provided by the operating system.</p> |
