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What is an MCU program trace?

I have read in a few places about Atmel's support of program traces on their high-end debugger/MCUs. It seems to be that some of the AVR32 processors can be 'traced' by the AVROne! ...
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Developing for TI's CC430F5137 MCU

I'm developing an embedded systems project (I'm quite new to the area) and I have determined that I want to use the CC430F5137, my problem is: How can I develop for it? From cross-compilation, to ...
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Consensus on proper wiring for Cortex M 10 Pin JTAG Connector

For the past few weeks I have been working with the new revision of my ARM Cortex M4 design that I posted about a month ago, thanks again to everyone who provided me with much needed guidance and ...
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Wifi Module over UART with STM32 mcu

I am trying to integrate an off the shelf wifi module with STM32f2 mcu over UART interface. I need to test the board after laying out the board. Is there a way I can test this UART interface before ...
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Finding an affordable integrated USB MCU

I'm in the early stages of designing a development board around Cypress Semiconductor's PSoC 3 and 5 range of chips. Much like the Arduino, I'd like the programming experience to be very easy, and ...
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Microcontroller's JTAG interface and PCB

I'm about to start making my own microcontroller circuit (using an Atmega series MCU, at least for the beginning) and I think I'm gonna get the AVR JTAGICE JTAG debugger & programmer. I also plan ...
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ST-LINK is serial communication possible?

I am using STM32F4 discovery board and Atollic TrueStudio for ARM Lite 3 I would like to pass some debugging data to PC using printf and I can't find a way to do it through STLink. Is it even ...
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How can I disable the jtag in atmega 32 using serial programmer?

How can I disable the JTAG in the ATmega32 using a serial programmer?
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Programming microcontrollers: JTAG, SPI, USB oh my!?

I've noticed, with regards to microcontrollers, there are several way to program them. I am sorta familiar with USB as my Arduino's can be programmed via USB. What is a JTAG or SPI interface? ...