winIDEA Help

In this topic:

•Requirements

•Configuration steps

 

 

Introduction

winIDEA can connect to a Synopsys VDK Virtual ECU (vECU) and provides the same debugging and scripting experience as on real hardware. This guide walks you through the setup and configuration steps to get started.

 

 

Requirements

•Synopsys VDK tools and license

•Latest winIDEA version, to ensure compatibility with the latest VDKs

•winIDEA vECU license

 

 

Configuration steps

 

 

 

a.Select the VDK you are using, making sure you use the selection with “vdk” in the name.

b.Specify the Symbol file for your application.

c.Choose No Program file, as this was already specified in the Virtualizer Studio.

 

 

For a more complex application, click on Switch to Full and perform a Full session configuration.

 

 

a.Enable MCD.

b.Specify the path to the MCD dll. The exact dll location might vary between Virtualizer Studio versions.

c.Extend the PATH variable with the path to Virtualizer Studio tools. The exact location might vary between Virtualizer Studio versions.

 

 

Select File | Workspace | Save Workspace to save the winIDEA workspace.

 

 

a.Start the simulation in the Virtualizer Studio and wait until it reaches initial_cruch.

 

 

b.Attach with winIDEA using Debug | Attach.

c.Resume suspended simulation in Virtualizer Studio

 

You now have the control of the simulated SoC:

 

 

 

More resources

•Locating source files

•Debugging

•Multi-Core Debugging

•Operating Systems

•winIDEA SDK - User's Guide

•Virtual ECUs - Landing page