Debugging circuit
View Patent ↗A debugging circuit comprises a debugging interface, a switch unit coupled to the debugging interface, a controller coupled to the switch unit, a platform controller hub (PCH), and a central processing unit (CPU). The PCH and the CPU are coupled to the switch unit. The debugging interface is coupled between the switch unit and a debugging device. The switch unit receives a control signal from the controller, and selectively outputs a first data signal from the PCH or a second data signal from the CPU to the debugging device through the debugging interface according to the control signal.
1. A debugging circuit connecting to a device to be debugged, the debugging circuit comprising:
a platform controller hub comprising a first group of data pins and a second group of data pins;
a central processing unit comprising a first group of data pins and a second group of data pins;
a controller outputting a control signal;
a debugging interface comprising a plurality of input terminals; and
a switch unit comprising a plurality of logic control pins receiving the control signal from the controller, a first group of input terminals, a second group of input terminals, and a plurality of output terminals coupled to the plurality of input terminals of the debugging interface;
wherein the first group of input terminals of the switch unit are correspondingly coupled to the first and second groups of data pins of the platform controller hub, for receiving a first data signal from the platform controller hub; the second group of input terminals of the switch unit are correspondingly coupled to the first and second groups of data pins of the central processing unit, for receiving a second data signal from the central processing unit; the output terminals of the switch unit selectively output the first data signal or the second data signal to the device to be debugged through the debugging interface, according to the control signal received by the logic control pins of the switch unit from the controller.
2. The debugging circuit of claim 1 , wherein the switch unit further comprises a first switch chip and a second switch chip, each of the first and second switch chips comprises an enable pin, a ground pin, a logic control pin, a power pin, first to eighth input terminals, and first, second, third, and fourth output terminals; the enable pins and the ground pins of the first and second switch chips are grounded, the power pins of the first and second switch chips are coupled to a power source; the first group of input terminals of the switch unit comprises the first, second, third, and fourth input terminals of the first and second switch chips, to connect to the platform controller hub; the second group of input terminals of the switch unit comprises the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth input terminals of the first and second switch chip, to connect to the central processing unit; the first, second, third, and fourth output terminals of the first and second switch chip are correspondingly coupled to the plurality of input terminals of the debugging interface; wherein when the controller outputs a digital high signal to the logic control pins of the first and second switch chips, the first and second switch chips transmit the first data signal from the platform controller hub to the device to be debugged through the debugging interface; when the controller outputs a digital low signal to the logic control pins of the first and second switch chips, the first and second switch chips transmit the second data signal from the central processing unit to the device to be debugged through the debugging interface.
3. The debugging circuit of claim 2 , wherein the controller comprises a connector and a jumper; a first pin of the connector is coupled to the power source through a first resistor; a second pin of the connector is coupled to the logic control pins of the first and second switch chips, and is coupled to the power source through a second resistor; a third pin of the connector is grounded through a third resistor; when the first and second pins of the connector are coupled by the jumper, the second pin of the connector outputs a digital high signal to the logic control pins of the first and second switch chips; when the second and the third pins of the connector are coupled by the jumper, the second pin of the connector outputs a digital low signal to the logic control pins of the first and second switch chips.
4. The debugging circuit of claim 2 , wherein the enable pins of the first and second switch chips are grounded through fourth and fifth resistors, respectively.
5. A debugging circuit comprising:
a processor;
a platform controller hub;
a controller; and
a switching unit;
a first group of input terminals of the switching unit electronically coupled to one or more groups of data pins of the platform controller hub;
a second group of input terminals of the switch unit electronically coupled to one or more groups of data pins of the processor;
the controller, configured to selectively determine a signal to be outputted from a plurality of output terminals of the switching unit, wherein the selection is of the one or more groups of the platform controller hub or the processor.