STICE

Working environment

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Working environment

The STice is a modular emulation system that connects to a host PC via a USB interface, to

an application board in place of the target microcontroller. It is made up of:

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A main emulation board (MEB) that provides interface and emulation resources

common to all emulated MCU families,

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A target emulation board (TEB) that provides the analog emulation resources for a

specific family of microcontrollers.

It may also include a peripheral emulation board (PEB) that provides emulation resources

specific to an emulated peripheral for a microcontroller sub-family.

Figure 1.

STICE and connection accessories (full emulation configuration)

For emulation, STice connects to an application board via connection accessories that you

specify when ordering the STice.

The STice emulation system and connection accessories are shown in Figure 1. The

connection accessories for emulation are:

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Connection flex (CF/Stice_Connect) – flexible cable (60- or 120-pin depending on the

target MCU) that relays signals from the STice to your application board.

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Connection adapter (AD/Stice_Connect) – adapts the connection flex either to the

target microcontroller footprint or to the SWIM connector on your application board.

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Adapter socket (AS/Stice_Connect) – socket that solders to your application board in

place of your MCU and receives the connection adapter. Sockets also allow installation

of your target microcontroller.