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ULINK Debugger Comparison

Feature
ULINKProULINK2ULINK-MEULINK
Debugging Features
RAM BreakpointsUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
ROM Breakpoints (ARM7/9)2 max2 max2 max2 max
ROM Breakpoints (Cortex-M3)8 max8 max8 max8 max
ROM Breakpoints (µPSD)
(Cannot Set While Executing)
n/a5 maxn/a5 max
ROM Breakpoints (XC800)
(Cannot Set While Executing)
n/a4 maxn/a4 max
ROM Breakpoints (XC166)n/a4 maxn/a4 max
Execution Breakpoints
(Set While Executing)
Access Breakpoints (ARM7/9)2 max
(R/W Only, With Value)
2 max
(R/W Only, With Value)
2 max
(R/W Only, With Value)
2 max
(R/W Only, With Value)
Access Breakpoints (Cortex-M3)4 max
(With value)
4 max
(With value)
4 max
(With Value)
Access Breakpoints (µPSD)n/a3 maxn/a3 max
Access Breakpoints (XC800)n/a1 in IDATA maxn/a1 in IDATA max
Access Breakpoints (XC166)n/a1 maxn/a1 max
Debugging Support
Real-Time Agent
Serial Wire Debug (Cortex-Mx)
Data Trace (Cortex-M3)
(Serial Wire Viewer)
Instruction Trace (Cortex-M3)
(Embedded Trace Macrocell - ETM)
Performance
JTAG Clock<= 50MHz<= 10MHz<= 10MHz<= 1MHz
Memory R/W≈ 1MB/s≈ 28KB/s≈ 28KB/s≈ 28KB/s
Flash R/W32KB/s≈ 25KB/s≈ 25KB/s≈ 15KB/s
Data Trace Streaming100Mb/s1Mb/s1Mb/s
Connectors
10-pin (0.05")
(Cortex Debug Connector)
20-pin (0.1")
(ARM Standard JTAG Connector)
20-pin (0.05")
(Cortex Debug+ETM Connector)
16-pin (0.1")
(Infineon OCDS Connector)
14-pin (0.1")
(ST µPSD Connector)
Supported Device Families
XC800 (8051)
µPSD (8051)
XC166/XE166/XC2000
LPC950 (8051)
ARM7
ARM9
Cortex-M0
Cortex-M1
Cortex-M3

Note that hardware breakpoints are limited by the ARM Embedded ICE Hardware.
The original ULINK has been replaced by ULINK2.