Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE Scalable Emulator for PowerPC
The VisionICE Scalable Emulator for PowerPC from Intel, Wind River, and EST provides advanced emulation capabilities for PowerPC architectures. This emulator enables developers to debug, test, and optimize embedded software efficiently, reducing time-to-market and improving overall product quality. Ideal for complex embedded systems development.
- Model
- Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $1,100
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- VisionICE
This unit
The Intel/Wind River/EST VisionICE Scalable Emulator for PowerPC is a modular emulation platform engineered for real-time debugging and performance analysis of embedded systems built on Motorola MPC8xx PowerPC processors. The system scales from entry-level Background Debug Mode (BDM) capabilities through visionCONTROL to advanced emulation and logic analysis via optional visionEVENT and visionNET modules. It delivers complete real-time debugging, hardware event isolation, precision trace buffering, and network-based remote debugging over Ethernet.
Technical Specifications
- Processor Support: Motorola MPC8xx PowerPC family
- Target Operating Voltage: 3.3V and 5V
- Maximum Target Speed: 40 MHz
- Hardware Breakpoints: 64 × 132-bit configuration for processor interruption or trace buffer triggering
- Real-time Trace Buffer: 128 Kbytes × 96-bit, fully selectable
- Time Stamp Resolution: 48-bit
- Overlay Memory: Up to 4 Mbytes of RAM in visionICE Pod Assembly
Key Features
- Hardware event system with event isolation
- Real-time trace and time-stamp capability for performance tuning
- On-chip debugging services leveraging MPC8xx core BDM architecture
- visionCONTROL module provides software breakpoints, memory/register access, and code performance profiling
- visionEVENT module enables high-end emulation and real-time logic analysis
- visionNET module delivers full Ethernet support for shared and remote debugging across LAN infrastructure
- Significantly reduced download times for large software images to target systems
Typical Applications
- Complex embedded systems development and optimization
- Real-time kernel integration and validation
- Multi-processor debug scenarios requiring network-based access
- Performance characterization and timing analysis of PowerPC-based designs
Compatibility & Integration
- Supports Motorola MPC8xx microprocessor family across PGA and FQFP package types
- Direct plug-in visionICE Pod Assembly configuration
- Compatible with leading source-level debuggers and real-time kernels
- Diagnostic functions and automatic chip select initialization included
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Frequency Range | 40 MHz | Voltage / Current Range: 3.3V, 5V |
Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE. Calibration covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. All calibrations ship with a NIST-traceable certificate. Turnaround is typically 1–3 business days after receipt.
Common Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE faults: power supply failure (cRIO-9073/9074), C-series slot connector wear, PXI chassis fan failure, GPIB interface failure on VXI controllers, BIOS/EEPROM corruption. NI CompactRIO most common faults are power supply failure on older cRIO-9073/9074 chassis and C-series module slot connector wear from repeated hot-swap cycles. PXI chassis fan failure is the most common wear item — chassis fans are field-replaceable. VXI embedded controllers most commonly develop EEPROM corruption and GPIB interface failure.
Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE price
This Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE is listed at $1,100. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Intel / Wind River / EST VisionICE is $450 (standard — pass/fail certificate and calibration sticker) or $650 (full measured data at every test point, reference standards documented, traceability chain included). Calibration for this instrument covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. Turnaround is 1 to 3 business days after receipt. See full calibration details →
