Lauterbach announces the availability of an integration of its debugger Trace32 to the graphical development tool LabView from National Instruments. Test, measurement and control applications built with LabView can now use Trace32 to control the hardware, acquire data and run tests via the JTAG interface.

Trace32 PowerDebug is a hardware based debugger targeted to all common CPUs used in the embedded field. A graphical user interface allows visual debugging, while a script language can execute automated test scenarios.

Lauterbach built several virtual instruments, that can be used in an LabView application. E.g. you can control the target's program execution, use memory accesses as data input or output channels, or use the target hardware as data processing unit. The developer gets the full control over the embedded device from within LabView, without the need of an external communication interface. The whole control and communication is done via Trace32 and the JTAG line.