ARM: ULINK Debugger Comparison

Yiying — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:47:10 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by Yiying on 10/8/2021 7:47:10 AM

A comparison of all ULINK adapters

Feature	ULINKpro	ULINKpro D	ULINK2	ULINK-ME	ULINK
Debugging Features
RAM Breakpoints	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
ROM Breakpoints (ARM7/9)	2 max	2 max	2 max	2 max	2 max
ROM Breakpoints (Cortex-M3)	8 max	8 max	8 max	8 max	8 max
ROM Breakpoints (µPSD) (Cannot Set While Executing)	--	--	5 max	--	5 max
ROM Breakpoints (XC800) (Cannot Set While Executing)	--	--	4 max	--	4 max
ROM Breakpoints (XC166)	--	--	4 max	--	4 max
Execution Breakpoints (Set While Executing)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Access Breakpoints (ARM7/9)	2 max (R/W Only, With Value)	2 max (R/W Only, With Value)	2 max (R/W Only, With Value)	2 max (R/W Only, With Value)	2 max (R/W Only, With Value)
Access Breakpoints (Cortex-M3)	4 max (With value)	4 max (With value)	4 max (With value)	4 max (With Value)	N
Access Breakpoints (µPSD)	--	--	3 max	--	3 max
Access Breakpoints (XC800)	--	--	1 in IDATA max	--	1 in IDATA max
Access Breakpoints (XC166)	--	--	1 max	--	1 max
Debugging Support
Real-Time Agent (ARM7/9)	N	N	Y	Y	N
Serial Wire Debug (Cortex-M)	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Data Trace (Cortex-M3/M4) (Serial Wire Viewer)	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Instruction Trace (Cortex-M3/M4) (Embedded Trace Macrocell - ETM)	Y	N	N	N	N
Performance
JTAG Clock	<=50MHz	<=50MHz	<=10MHz	<=10MHz	<=1MHz
Memory R/W	≈ 1MB/s	≈ 1MB/s	≈ 28KB/s	≈ 28KB/s	≈ 28KB/s
Flash R/W	32KB/s	32KB/s	≈ 25KB/s	≈ 25KB/s	≈ 15KB/s
Data Trace Streaming	800Mb/s	800Mb/s	1Mb/s	1Mb/s	N
Connectors
10-pin (0.05") (Cortex Debug Connector)	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
20-pin (0.1") (ARM Standard JTAG Connector)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
20-pin (0.05") (Cortex Debug+ETM Connector)	Y	Y	N	N	N
16-pin (0.1") (Infineon OCDS Connector)	N	N	Y	N	Y
14-pin (0.1") (ST µPSD Connector)	N	N	Y	N	Y
I/O Voltage Range	1.2V - 3.3V	1.2V - 3.3V	2.7V - 5.5V	3.0V - 3.6V	3.0V - 5.5V
Supported Device Families
XC800 (8051)	N	N	Y	N	Y
µPSD (8051)	N	N	Y	N	Y
XC166/XE166/XC2000	N	N	Y	N	Y
LPC950 (8051)	N	N	Y	Y	Y
ARM7	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
ARM9	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cortex-M0	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Cortex-M0+	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Cortex-M1	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Cortex-M3	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Cortex-M4	Y	Y	Y	Y	N

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