Breaking program execution on events

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256399-B2
Application number	US-201313929554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2013
Priority date	Jun 27, 2013
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods for breaking program execution on events are described. One of the systems includes an event subsystem for receiving the signaling events generated by one or more associated peripheral devices. The system also includes a command module which is coupled between the event subsystem and a debug module, the command module receives the signaling events from the event subsystem and in response generates break commands. The debug module of the system receives the break commands from the command module and, in response, interrupts the execution of a program of a controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A controller system comprising:
an event subsystem that receives signaling events generated by associated peripheral devices, wherein the event subsystem is configured to route the signaling events to allow or control a change of state in one peripheral device to automatically trigger an action on another peripheral device;
a command module coupled between the event subsystem and a debug module, the command module receiving the signaling events from the ev…

Assignees

• Atmel Corp

Inventors

• Hanssen Ingar

Classifications

• G06F13/24

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F13/00

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F8/00 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/4812

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/3636 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic