Course Description
The Workbench On-Chip Debugging Fundamentals for VxWorks provides engineers with a fast, cost-effective way to acquire the knowledge necessary to debug applications with Wind River Workbench utilizing on-chip debugging capabilities.
Course Results
After taking this course, students will be able to:
- Debug bare metal applications
- Debug the VxWorks bootrom and kernel
- Debug, build, and test custom flash drivers
Skills and Topics
Wind River Workbench
- OCD related views – Overview
- Setting up a development environment
- Using the on-chip debugging perspective
- Wind River ICE, Wind River ICE 2, and Wind River Probe
Configuration
- Troubleshooting
- Custom flash driver
- Flash programming
- Board bring-up
Debugging
- Bare metal applications in RAM
- Bootloader (u-boot and VxWorks bootrom)
- Real-time kernel VxWorks
Products Supported
- Wind River Workbench OCD 3.1, Wind River ICE/ICE 2, Wind River Probe, VxWorks 6.7
- Earlier product releases are available. Topics may vary by product release
Who Should Attend
- Everyone who will receive Wind River OCD products within 60 days
- Developers who work with Workbench OCD
- New project members on teams already using Wind River OCD products
- Senior engineers who want to evaluate Wind River on-chip debugging technology
- Firmware developers
Prerequisite Skills
- One year of C programming
- Basic understanding of hardware design
- Basic understanding of operating systems and debugging techniques
- Functional knowledge of UNIX/Linux
Course Format
- Our two-day instructor-led courses consist of lectures and lab sessions
- Students gain hands-on experience and receive personal guidance from expert Wind River instructors
- Students examine details of the Workbench environment, focusing on the most commonly used areas
- Specific questions are addressed
- Lab sessions allow hands-on application of course concepts
Agenda
Day 1
Introduction
- Software Bug
- Embedded Debugging – a Challenge?
- Hardware and Software Connections
- Monitor / Agent
- In-Circuit Emulator
- Background Debug Mode
- Joint Test Action Group
- Wind River On-Chip Debugging Hardware
- Wind River OCD Hardware – Comparison
Wind River Probe Overview and Set-up
- Overview
- Adapter Module
- Connecting the Wind River Probe
- Creating a Connection
- License Key
Wind River ICE Overview and Setup
- Overview
- Personality Module
- Connecting the Wind River ICE
- Networking setup
- Telnet / FTP Set-up
- Creating a Connection
- Firmware Update
- License Key
Wind River ICE II Overview and Set-up
- Overview
- Personality Module
- Connecting the Wind River ICE
- Networking Set-up
- Telnet / FTP Set-up
- Creating a Connection
- Firmware Update
- License Key
Workbench OCD Views
- On-Chip Debug Perspective
- On-Chip Debug Views
- Run Control
- OCD Views
In-depth Debugging
- CF Options
- Register File
- Flash Driver
- Flash Programming
- Board Bring-Up Lab
Trouble Shooting
- Introduction
- Board Initialization
- Flash Programming
Day 2
Custom Flash Driver
- Flash Driver by OCD Command Shell
- Flash Driver
- Custom Flash Driver Template
- Custom Flash Driver Set-up
