August 18, 2009 — Green Hills Software announced the latest firmware release of its hardware-assisted microprocessor debugging solution, the Green Hills Probe. In combination with Green Hills Software’s MULTI software development environment, the Green Hills Probe enables software developers to gain the control and visibility required to perform board bring-up, device driver development, and other system debugging tasks in the least amount of time and with the lowest development cost. This release of the Green Hills Probe provides support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) operating systems, such as Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY real-time operating system.
Green Hills Probe enables a seamless and powerful SMP debugging experience by providing synchronized multi-core run-control, inter-core cache coherency features, and intelligent inter-core breakpoint management. Application and device driver developers will be able to find and fix bugs faster, resulting in faster time-to-market for end products.The release adds support for the latest microprocessors including ARM Cortex A8-based processors - such as the Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 and Freescale i.MX515, the dual core Freescale MPC8641D, and a major overhaul of ColdFire support, including the MCF5222x, MCF225x, and MCF227x processors.
About the Green Hills Probe
The Green Hills Probe is the fastest and smartest debug probe ever built. Harnessed through the MULTI integrated development environment or a fully scriptable Web 2.0 interface, the third-generation Green Hills Probe helps embedded developers find and fix bugs faster than ever before. With download rates in excess of 10 MB per second, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 High Speed, and a flexible electrical interface, the Green Hills Probe will debug a wider range of CPUs faster than any other probe.
The Green Hills Probe uses hand-placed custom logic and a highly optimized software path to attain its unprecedented speed.The Green Hills Probe brings a new level of intelligence and versatility to the world of JTAG debug probes. On-board flash programming support for virtually every NOR flash part available, built-in Python scripting with full access to all JTAG and debug port functionality, and a fully scriptable Web 2.0 interface enable the Green Hills Probe to be used for every phase of the product cycle.
Built with INTEGRITY
The Green Hills Probe is powered by Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY, the leading market share high-reliability real-time operating system. The INTEGRITY RTOS’s partitioning architecture and ultra-fast response time enabled the creation of a probe that is modular, reliable, and easy to use while attaining performance levels that have never before been achieved.