Electronic device having a debugging device
View Patent ↗A debugging device includes a plurality of debug units, a UART port, and a processor. The debugging device is communicated with an electronic device through the UART port. The processor can receive debug signals from the terminal through the UART port, generate a plurality of debug controlling commands based on the debug signals, and send the plurality of debug controlling commands to the plurality of debug units, for controlling the plurality of debug units to debug the electronic device according to the plurality of debug controlling commands.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a motherboard;
a debugging device located on the motherboard;
wherein the debugging device comprising;
a plurality of debug units;
a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) port, wherein the debugging device communicates with a terminal device through the UART port; and
a UART decoding unit receiving debug signals from the terminal device through the UART port, wherein the UART decoding unit generates a plurality of debug controlling commands based on the debug signals, and sends the plurality of debug controlling commands to the plurality of debug units thereby controlling the plurality of debug units to debug the electronic device according to the plurality of debug controlling commands, the plurality of debug units comprising a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), the BMC debugging system states of the electronic device according to the debug signals, the system states comprising a power state, an open state, and a hardware state.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the UART decoding unit comprising a controlling module, a distributing module, and a communicating module, the controlling module generates the plurality of debug controlling commands based on the debug signals, the distributing module sends the plurality of debug controlling commands to the plurality of debug units respectively according to a debug function of each of the debug units, the communicating module is electrically connected to the UART port.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of debug units further comprising a Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the PCH debugs hardware function of the electronic device according to the debug signals.
5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the UART port comprising a power pin, a ground pin, a receive data pin, and a transmit data pin.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the UART decoding unit is a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) chip, or a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chip.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the UART decoding unit pre-stores debug controlling commands and the debug controlling commands are generated according to a preset debug function.