Patent ID: 7240303
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A hardware debugging system for debugging an electronic system containing an electronic circuit design and at least one microprocessor executing a computer software program, the hardware debugging system comprising: an instrumentor configured to receive a high level HDL description of the electronic circuit design, to determine aspects of the electronic circuit design to be examined or modified during debugging and to determine additional design instrumentation circuitry to be incorporated into the electronic circuit design to facilitate debugging; a HDL-based hardware debugger (HHD) configured to debug the electronic system fabricated in accordance with the high level HDL description by interacting with the electronic circuit design using the additional design instrumentation circuitry and by operating to present debug information with respect to the high level HDL description; and a software debugger configured to debug the computer software program executed on the at least one microprocessor.