Ashling Opella-XD Hardware Debug Probe for Redpine ThreadArch™ development
Redpine Signals, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that creates ultra-low-power, high-performance products for next-generation wireless applications. Redpine has developed the ThreadArch™ multi-threaded processor for optimal power performance.
Developed in co-operation with Redpine Signals, and supplied and supported by Arcadi Systems, the Ashling toolset for ThreadArch 
offers a comprehensive solution for Redpine ThreadArch™ application development. The toolset includes:
- Opella-XD Debug Probe
- Redpine software drivers to operate Opella-XD with Redpine’s GDB debugger (rpine-elf32-gdb) on x86-based Linux host PCs, such as Red Hat’s Fedora distribution
The compact and powerful Opella-XD unit provides the JTAG hardware interface between the Redpine GNU GDB Debugger and your target Redpine ThreadArch application.
Opella-XD Debug Probe
Used with Redpine’s GDB debugger on x86-based Linux host PCs, Ashling’s Opella-XD uses Redpine ThreadArch™ core debug extensions to provide a comprehensive set of debug features.
Advanced features of Opella-XD include:- Fast, easy-to-install USB 2.0 High-Speed Interface (480Mb/s)
- Supports all popular hardware debug protocols
- Unique Auto-conditioning Probe provides maximum possible download speed to target with fastest JTAG clock frequencies
- Hot-plug support allows post-mortem debugging
- Fast, trouble-free Plug-and-Play installation
- Small, versatile Target Probe Cable
- Fast in-target Flash Programming
- Wide target voltage range: 0.9V to 3.6V
- Versatile Target-Reset and Test-Port-Reset support
- Built-in diagnostics instantly show status of Target, Debug Probe and USB link
- Universal Hardware-Debug platform for all popular target architectures and compilers
- Accelerates the entire embedded-hardware debug process: ultra-fast installation, code download and flash programming saves time at every code rebuild
- Instantly autoconfigures to target system
- Long-term investment: works with all popular target architectures and compilers
- Helps with the most difficult debugging tasks: hardware bring-up, operating-system booting, post-mortem debugging
- Future-proof: works with latest hardware-debug protocols, all popular host operating-systems
- Compact, easy-to-install target probe cables support all popular debug interfaces
- High-speed USB2.0 (480Mb/s) interface to host Linux workstation
- Target JTAG clock rates up to 100MHz
- Auto-conditioning for fast JTAG clock frequencies
- Sustained code download to target at over 3MB/s (using 100MHz JTAG clock)
- Configurable Target-Reset and Test-Port-Reset, under full user control
- Fine-grained adjustment of JTAG clock frequency from 1KHz to 100MHz
- Supports target operating voltages from 0.9V to 3.6V. Opella-XD detects and automatically configures for the appropriate target voltage.
- “Hot-plug” support; allows connection to a running target without resetting or halting
- Fully powered by USB interface; no external power-supply needed
- Support for all on-chip hardware breakpoints; unlimited number of software breakpoints
ThreadArch Toolset Order Codes:
| Product | Order Code |
|---|---|
| Opella-XD-Debug Probe. Includes USB 2.0 cable, documentation and diagnostic software | Opella-XD-RPINE |
| 20-pin Target Probe Cable with 0.1”-pitch IDC connector | TPAOP-ARM20 |
| 10-pin 0.1” Redpine Adapter, used with TPAOP-ARM20 Target Probe Cable | AD-RPINE-10 |
| Software driver for Redpine Signals’ GNU GDB debugger, hosted on x86 Linux | RPINE-DRIVER |
