Patent ID: 9098662
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for probing signals of a device having configuration elements, the method comprising: transmitting, to the device, a first configuration data to configure the device, the first configuration data including a first logic design, wherein the first configuration data corresponds to a first subset of the configuration elements; generating, by a processor, a second configuration data including a first debug design, wherein the first debug design includes a first tap of a first interconnect of the first logic design, wherein the second configuration data corresponds to a second subset of the configuration elements, wherein the first subset of the configuration elements includes different configuration elements than the second subset of the configuration elements, and the first debug design includes an acquisition block to store data corresponding to the first tap of the first interconnect; transmitting, to the device, the second configuration data to configure the device, the second configuration data including the first debug design; generating, by the processor, a third configuration data including a second debug design, the second debug design includes a second tap of a second interconnect of the first logic design, and the acquisition block to store data corresponding to the second tap of the second interconnect; transmitting, to the device, data to remove the first tap of the first debug design from the device and maintain the first logic design and the acquisition block; and transmitting, to the device, the third configuration data to configure the device after the removal of the first tap of the first debug design, the third configuration data including the second debug design.