The Code Profiling interface uses the debug interface of the target device to access internal data like Program Counter and memory locations. It provides timestamped samples of the Program Counter address, allowing an insight in the program execution of the device. The user can also select arbitrary memory addresses to poll and control data variables at those locations. In addition, it is possible to monitor the state of the stack and the Power-Saving/Sleep mode of the target. Finally, it is possible to receive arbitrary data from the target application through a message pipe in the target On-Chip Debug (OCD) system.
The availability of the above features varies with target device types and more details can be found in the following sections.