Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE On-Chip Software Debugger for Motorola PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire Microprocessors
The Intel/Wind River/EST VisionPROBE is an on-chip software debugger designed for Motorola PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire microprocessors. It facilitates debugging by providing direct access to the processor core, enabling developers to analyze and control program execution. This tool is essential for embedded systems development, offering capabilities such as breakpoints, memory inspection, and single-stepping. VisionPROBE enhances the efficiency of software development, testing, and debugging cycles.
- Model
- Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $1,200
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- VisionPROBE
This unit
The Intel/Wind River/EST VisionPROBE is an on-chip software debugger for Motorola PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire microprocessors. It has direct access to the processor core, enabling real-time analysis and control of software execution in embedded systems. The debugger streamlines development, testing, and debugging cycles through industry-standard debugging operations.
Technical Specifications
- Target Processors: Motorola PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire microprocessors
- On-Chip Debugging: Direct processor core access for real-time analysis and execution control
- Breakpoint Management: Set and manage breakpoints to halt execution at specified points
- Memory Inspection: Examine and analyze system memory contents
- Single-Stepping: Execute code one instruction at a time for detailed analysis
- Host Interface: Connection to host development system via dedicated debugger interface
- Processor Connection: Direct on-chip interface to target processor core
Key Features The VisionPROBE delivers low-level debugging capabilities essential to embedded system development. Its on-chip architecture eliminates the need for external emulation logic, reducing latency and enabling introspection of real-time execution. Breakpoint functionality supports deterministic program control, while memory inspection tools permit exhaustive analysis of RAM, registers, and peripheral state. Single-stepping capability enables instruction-by-instruction verification of algorithm behavior.
Typical Applications Embedded software development on PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire platforms benefits from the VisionPROBE's direct processor coupling. Device drivers, real-time firmware, and system-level code validation leverage on-chip debugging to verify execution flow and state transitions without external probes or performance degradation.
Compatibility & Integration The debugger integrates with development environments supporting Motorola PowerPC, 68K, and ColdFire architectures that implement on-chip debugging methodologies. Host systems connect via the dedicated debugger interface, enabling transparent integration into established embedded development workflows.
Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE. 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 VisionPROBE 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 VisionPROBE price
This Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE is listed at $1,200. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Intel / Wind River / EST VisionPROBE 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 →
