Patent ID: 7051131

Claim:
A method of recording bus activity, comprising: configuring a first data value in a first position in a dynamic scan register to define one of a plurality of user-selectable a capture modes in response to scanned user input of the first data value, each capture mode specifying at least one phase of a Plurality of phases of bus activity; configuring a second data value in a second position in the dynamic scan register to define one of a plurality of user-selectable data formats in response to scanned user input of the second data value, each data format specifying a different set of data of bus activity to collect; collecting data of bus activity in response to bus activity that matches the capture mode responsive to the first data value in the first position in the dynamic scan register; and storing the data of the bus activity in accordance with the data format responsive to the second data value in the second position in the dynamic scan register.