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Connect
Tech's Dump Switch Cards Offer a Fast, Easy, Low Cost
Solution for Debugging System Hangs |
Debugging can be a
burdensome, tiring task. The time of developers and
programmers is extremely valuable. Connect Tech's
Dump Switch
card provides
users with insurance for
their time, while increasing their productivity by
eliminating the guesswork that occurs when trying to debug system hangs.
Often software gets "locked up" and system hangs occur
during lengthy test cycles. Instead of spending hours
of valuable time trying to reproduce the cause of a system hang, the
Dump Switch
identifies bugs at the
push of a button.
How does it work?
When a system hangs or freezes during development
or
testing, a hardware reset will result in the loss of important system
information - not to mention critical development time. At the
push of a button, the
Dump Switch
triggers a
Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI). This Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI)
enables a crash dump or drops execution into your operating
system's debugger preserving the information that
would
normally be lost during a reset.
How do you use it?
The
Dump Switch
card is used to debug system hangs in one of two ways:
- Use the native system debugger
and configure it to drop into its debugger when the
button on the
Dump Switch
is pushed
- Hook the Non-Maskable
Interrupt (NMI) in the program and instruct it to take a
specific action, such as outputting the data to a
serial/parallel port or saving check point status to a form of
non-volatile memory at the push of the
Dump Switch's button
Who should use it?
The
Dump Switch
is essential hardware for ALL developers,
including:
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System Administrators
■
Information Technologists
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Software Developers
■ Device Driver
Writers
■ Hardware
Developers
■ Quality
Assurance
■
Beta Testers
Connect Tech's
Dump Switch
cards are available in PCI and PCI Express
bus formats.
They
are an extremely inexpensive way to provide insurance for
development time. If you're interested in solution to system
hang debugging that costs less than lunch with your boss,
contact us.
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Connect Tech offers
various other engineering tools and adapters to make your
job easier. For more information, please click on the
links below.
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Express to PCI/104-Express Adapter |
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PCI-104 to PMC Adapter |
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PCI to PCI/104-Plus Adapter |
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ISA to PC/104 Adapter |
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PC/104-Plus
to MiniPCI Adapter |
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PCI to Compact PCI Adapter |
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All Connect Tech engineering tools and adapters include lifetime
warranty.
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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Connect Tech releases SocketCAN and
can4linux drivers for our CAN Controller cards
Connect Tech introduces a two channel,
multi-protocol synchronous serial card for PCI-104; ComSync/PCI-104
REMINDERS:
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All Connect Tech products include Lifetime Warranty
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