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AVR Studio Stimulus/Logger

The following components implement 8-bit digital data inputs and outputs that use log and stimulus files in the same "NNNNNNNNN:XX" format as the AVR Studio simulator where the Ns are the MCU cycle count in decimal and the XX is the stimulus value in hex. Note that AVR Studio simulates a 1.5 clock cycle debouncing delay on all inputs while VMLAB does not. To get identical cycle counts, the avrstim component manually adds the 1.5 cycle delay to all output changes.

Downloads

  • avrlog.zip - Provides an 8-bit digital input that writes all input changes to a log file.
  • avrstim.zip - Provides an 8-bit digital output that reads data from a stimulus file.
  • avrtest.zip - Contains an example VMLAB project that uses both the avrlog and avrstim components. The provided "test.asm" and "input.sti" should produce an "output.log" identical to one produced by AVR Studio.

Usage

; To use either component, use one of the following definitions:
;
; X<Name> _avrstim(<ClockFrequency>) <D7> <D6> <D5> <D4> <D3> <D2> <D1> <D0>
; X<Name> _avrlog(<ClockFrequency>)  <D7> <D6> <D5> <D4> <D3> <D2> <D1> <D0>
;
; The <Name> is used to form part of the filename in the format "<Name>.sti" for
; the stimulus component and "<Name>.log" for the logging component. The
; <ClockFrequency> is specified in Hz (.e.g. "1MEG") and should match the actual
; MCU clock frequency being simulated to ensure correct cycle counts in the
; input/output files. The <D7-D0> nodes are the digital outputs driven by the
; stimulus file (D7 is the MSb), or the digital inputs written to the log
; file.

Example

Xinput _avrstim(1meg) pb7 pb6 pb5 pb4 pb3 pb2 pb1 pb0
Xoutput _avrlog(1meg) pd7 pd6 pd5 pd4 pd3 pd2 pd1 pd0

Version History

  • v1.1 - 12/21/08 - Improved error handling; break simulation on errors
  • v1.0 - 11/16/08 - Initial public release