Atmel Evaluation Kit AT91SAM9M10-G45-EK AT91SAM9M10-G45-EK Data Sheet

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SAM9M10 [DATASHEET]

6355F–ATARM–12-Mar-13

Test Modes

The Debug Unit handles the signals COMMRX and COMMTX that come from the Debug Communication Channel
of the ARM Processor and are driven by the In-circuit Emulator.

The Debug Communication Channel contains two registers that are accessible through the ICE Breaker on the
JTAG side and through the coprocessor 0 on the ARM Processor side. 

As a reminder, the following instructions are used to read and write the Debug Communication Channel:

MRC

p14, 0, Rd, c1, c0, 0

Returns the debug communication data read register into Rd

MCR

p14, 0, Rd, c1, c0, 0

Writes the value in Rd to the debug communication data write register.

The bits COMMRX and COMMTX, which indicate, respectively, that the read register has been written by the
debugger but not yet read by the processor, and that the write register has been written by the processor and not
yet read by the debugger, are wired on the two highest bits of the status register DBGU_SR. These bits can gener-
ate an interrupt. This feature permits handling under interrupt a debug link between a debug monitor running on the
target system and a debugger.

Receiver

Transmitter

Disabled

RXD

TXD

Receiver

Transmitter

Disabled

RXD

TXD

V

DD

Disabled

Receiver

Transmitter

Disabled

RXD

TXD

Disabled

Automatic Echo

Local Loopback

Remote Loopback

V

DD