Debug Communication Channels

The Debug Communication Channels (DCCO and DCC1) consist of a pair of registers with associated handshake logic, accessible by both CPU and debugger with no security restriction. The registers can be used to exchange data between the CPU and the debugger, during run time as well as in debug mode. This enables the user to build a custom debug protocol using only these registers.

The DCC0 and DCC1 registers are always accessible from the external address space. When the device starts with the cold-plugging procedure, a specific Boot ROM command is needed to exit the Boot ROM main routine.

Important: This command is allowed only when DAL=0x2, otherwise the device must be reset to leave the cold plugging state to let the CPU exit the Boot ROM routine and execute the user code.

Two Debug Communication Channel status bits in the Status B registers (STATUS.DCCDx) indicate whether a new value has been written in DCC0 or DCC1. These bits, DCC0D and DCC1D, are located in the STATUSB registers. They are automatically set on write and cleared on read.

Note: The DCC0 and DCC1 registers are shared with the on-board memory testing logic (MBIST). Accordingly, DCC0 and DCC1 must not be used while performing MBIST operations.

Note: The DCC0 and DCC1 registers are shared with the BCC0 and BCC1 registers therefore mixing DCC and BCC communication is not recommended.