Talk:In-circuit emulator

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[edit] Definitions

New to wiki : dont know how to fix the heading, the terms ICE, OCD and BDM have been used interchangeably the article altogether is confusing, don't have time to actually take care of the article have a look at this http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20030205S0032 one might paste in text from there. IN short ICE=emulator == no processor == no Chip

OCD ==Debug support on the Chip the processor is still there much cheaper BDM is a type of OCD...

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Amritanshujohri (talk • contribs) 15:37, 28 December 2005

There seems to be a general confusion regarding the usage of all these terms. I have added a couple of external links that might help a confused reader. Hope some expert hands will edit this article to make it more useful.

- sooraj

There are different between ICE and ICD/OCD. ICE is a kind of extra version of chip to plug into original chip socket for debugging purpose. for example, in microprocessor system, ICE will replace the central microprocessor for testing and development. Whereas ICD is built-in every single chip which provide debugging funcations. that's why normally ICE is very expensive because ICE actually contains actual CPU with extra circuits. So I believe there should be seperate ICD and ICE items --Lielei 23:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)