at32uc3b0512-z2ues ATMEL Corporation, at32uc3b0512-z2ues Datasheet - Page 593

• Manufacturer Part Number: at32uc3b0512-z2ues
• Description: 32-bit Avr Microcontroller
• Manufacturer: ATMEL Corporation

27.3.6.7
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Software Quality Analysis (SQA)
point module triggers, or when the CPU enters debug mode, for any reason. This can be used to
measure precisely when the respective internal event occurs.
Software Quality Analysis (SQA) deals with two important issues regarding embedded software
development. Code coverage involves identifying untested parts of the embedded code, to
improve test procedures and thus the quality of the released software. Performance analysis
allows the developer to precisely quantify the time spent in various parts of the code, allowing
bottlenecks to be identified and optimized.
Program trace must be used to accomplish these tasks without instrumenting (altering) the code
to be examined. However, traditional program trace cannot reconstruct the current PC value
without correlating the trace information with the source code, which cannot be done on-the-fly.
This limits program trace to a relatively short time segment, determined by the size of the trace
buffer in the debug tool.
The OCD system in AT32UC3B extends program trace with SQA capabilities, allowing the
debug tool to reconstruct the PC value on-the-fly. Code coverage and performance analysis can
thus be reported for an unlimited execution sequence.
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