ENERGYTRACE

EnergyTrace™ software for MSP430™ MCUs, MSP432™ MCUs, CC13xx wireless MCUs and CC26xx wireless MCUs is an energy-based code analysis tool that measures and displays the energy profile of an application and helps optimize it for ultra-low-power consumption.

As most developers know, it is difficult to tune a system without understanding the state of the system. EnergyTrace software gives you the information needed to help you achieve the lowest power design. This feedback makes it easier to implement the various techniques offered by the MSP architecture, as well as the many tools provided by TI, such as the ULP Advisor.

This technology implements a new method for measuring MCU current consumption. Power is traditionally measured by amplifying the signal of interest and measuring the current consumption and voltage drop over a shunt resistor at discrete times. In debuggers that support EnergyTrace sofware, a software-controlled DC-DC converter generates the target power supply. The time density of the DC/DC converter charge pulses equals the energy consumption of the target microcontroller. A built-in calibration circuit in the debug tool defines the energy equivalent for a single charge pulse. Because the width of each charge pulse remains constant, the debugger can just count each charge pulse and then sum them over time to calculate an average current which leads to very accurate measurements. Using this approach, even the shortest device activity that consumes energy contributes to the overall recorded energy.

Another dimension of this software is called either:

• EnergyTrace+ technology, also known as EnergyTrace+[CPU States]
• EnergyTrace++ technology, also known as EnergyTrace+[CPU States]+[Peripheral States]

These modes take EnergyTrace to the next level. When debugging with devices that contain EnergyTrace+ or EnergyTrace++ support, you are presented with information about the internal states of the microcontroller in addition to the energy consumption of the system.

• The CPU states include whether the device is in active mode or one of the many low-power modes (LPM).

• The peripheral states show the ON-OFF status of the peripherals and all system clocks (regardless of the clock source).

With this tool, you can directly verify whether an application is running as expected. For example, you can make sure that a peripheral is turned off after a certain activity or system event.

Software & hardware requirements:

EnergyTrace software is included in Code Composer Studio™ IDE version 6.0 and later, as well as the latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench. It requires specialized debugger circuitry, which is supported with the MSP-FET or XDS110 emulators, as well as the emulators found on many of the MSP LaunchPad™ development kits.

EnergyTrace+ and EnergyTrace++ technology require additional circuitry within the silicon; therefore, these modes are only supported on select devices. The MSP432P4x family includes EnergyTrace+ features. The MSP430FR5x, MSP430FR6x, CC13x2 and CC26x2 MCUs contain the superset of EnergyTrace++ circuitry.

For a user guide to EnergyTrace software, refer to the chapters on EnergyTrace software in either the User’s Guide for Code Composer Studio™ IDE for MSP430™ MCUs, or the User’s Guide for Code Composer Studio™ IDE for SimpleLink™ MSP432 Microcontrollers. Or IAR Embedded Workbench™ IDE for MSP430™ MCUs, or the IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm for for SimpleLink™ MSP432 Microcontrollers.

• 所有 MSP430 MCU、MSP432 MCU 和连接器件均支持电流测量
• 部分 MSP430 MCU、MSP432 MCU、CC13x2 无线 MCU 和 CC26x2 无线 MCU 支持 CPU 状态跟踪
• 部分 MSP430 MCU、CC13x2 无线 MCU 和 CC26x2 无线 MCU 也支持外设状态跟踪
• MSP430 MCU 需要有 eZ-FET 或 MSP-FET 调试器才能支持 EnergyTrace 特性
• MSP432 MCU 需要 XDS110-ET（在 MSP432 LaunchPad 开发套件中提供）或者具有 MSP432 MCU 适配器的 MSP-FET
• CC13x2 和 CC26x2 器件需要 XDS110-HDR（在 LaunchPad 开发套件中提供）或独立 XDS110 (TMDSEMU110-U) + EnergyTrace HDR 附件 (TMDSEMU110-ETH)
• 集成到 Code Composer Studio IDE 和 IAR Embedded Workbench（EW430 和 EWARM）