Trace performs the same function as an airplane flight recorder. It monitors the processor bus, and stores each bus cycle. This execution history is used to verify proper behavior, or to backtrack once a problem is discovered.
Most emulators capture only bus cycles.
Microtek provides an optional feature that allows you to capture each clock cycle. Since bus cycles are typically the result of many clock cycles, clock capture provides much finer resolution. The trace can be used to determine when signals do not reach specified values within the various clock cycles of a bus cycle. Timestamp Each line in a trace buffer has a timestamp. This timestamp can be used to identify the amount of time between two events, such as interrupts.