KR970076277A

KR970076277A - Monitoring device of system bus and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR970076277A
Application number: KR1019960015207A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 홍범용
Original assignee: 김광호; 삼성전자 주식회사
Priority date: 1996-05-09
Filing date: 1996-05-09
Publication date: 1997-12-12

Abstract

시스템 버스에 장착되어 컴퓨터 시스템을 구성하는 장치들의 정보와 시스템 버스를 통해 전송되는 데이타를 입력받아 해당 장치로 출력하는 버퍼부와; 상기 버퍼부로부터 시스템 버스를 통해 전송되는 데이타를 입력받아 저장하는 기억장치와; 시스템 버스를 통해 전송되는 데이타가 상기 기억장치에 차례로 저장되도록 상기 기억장치의 어드레스를 발생하는 어드레스 카운터와; 상기 기억장치의 동작상태를 제어하는 제어부와; 시스템 버스를 통해 전송되는 데이타의 흐름을 확인하기 위한 신호를 해당 장치로 출력하는 입력장치와; 상기 버퍼부를 통해 컴퓨터 시스템을 구성하는 시스템 정보를 입력받아 해당 장치로 출력하고, 상기 입력장치의 동작 상태에 따라 상기 기억장치로부터 시스템 버스를 통해 전송되는 데이타를 읽어와 해당 장치로 출력하는 마이컴과; 상기 마이컴이 출력하는 시스템 정보와 시스템 버스의 동작 상태에 대한 데이타를 입력받아 사용자가 확인할 수 있도록 나타내는 표시장치를 포함하여 이루어지는 시스템 버스의 모니터링 장치는 컴퓨터 시스템을 사용하는 도중에 시스템정보를 표시하고, 시스템 버스의 동작 상태를 저장하고 있다가 사용자가 원하는 순간에 시스템 버스의 동작 과정을 표시하여 컴퓨터 시스템의 구성을 쉽게 알 수 있고, 시스템 버스의 동작 과정을 쉽게 파악할 수 있어 컴퓨터 시스템에 문제가 있을 경우에 디버깅이 쉽다.A buffer unit mounted on the system bus for receiving information on apparatuses constituting the computer system and data transmitted through the system bus and outputting the received data to the apparatus; A storage unit for receiving and storing data transmitted from the buffer unit through a system bus; An address counter for generating an address of the storage device such that data transmitted through the system bus is sequentially stored in the storage device; A control unit for controlling an operation state of the storage device; An input device for outputting a signal for confirming the flow of data transmitted through the system bus to the device; A microcomputer for receiving system information constituting a computer system through the buffer unit, outputting the system information to the apparatus, reading data transmitted from the storage apparatus through the system bus according to an operation state of the input apparatus, and outputting the data to the apparatus; And a display device for receiving data on the system information output by the microcomputer and the operation status of the system bus, and displaying the system information so that the user can confirm the system information. The system bus monitoring device displays system information while using the computer system, The operating state of the bus is stored, and the operation process of the system bus is displayed at a desired moment, so that the configuration of the computer system can be easily recognized and the operation process of the system bus can be easily recognized. Debugging is easy.

Description

Monitoring device of system bus and control method thereof

본 내용은 요부공개 건이므로 전문내용을 수록하지 않았음Since this is a trivial issue, I did not include the contents of the text.

제1도는 이 발명의 실시예에 따른 시스템 버스의 모니터링 장치의 불록 구성도이고,FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system bus monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

제2도는 이 발명의 실시예에 따른 모니터링 방법의 순서도이다.2 is a flowchart of a monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

A buffer unit mounted on the system bus for receiving information on apparatuses constituting the computer system and data transmitted through the system bus and outputting the received data to the apparatus; A storage unit for receiving and storing data transmitted from the buffer unit through a system bus; An address counter for generating an address of the storage device such that data transmitted through the system bus is sequentially stored in the storage device; A control unit for controlling an operation state of the storage device; An input device for outputting a signal for confirming the flow of data transmitted through the system bus to the device; A microcomputer for receiving system information constituting a computer system through the buffer unit, outputting the system information to the apparatus, reading data transmitted from the storage apparatus through the system bus according to an operation state of the input apparatus, and outputting the data to the apparatus; And a display device for receiving data on the system information output by the microcomputer and the operation status of the system bus, so that the user can confirm the system information.

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the buffer unit comprises: a first buffer (11) for transferring data transmitted through a system bus to the storage device; And a second buffer (12) for receiving system information constituting a computer system through a system bus and outputting the system information to the microcomputer.

2. The system bus monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a RAM (20).

The system bus monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, comprising the input device and a keypad (50).

The system bus monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display apparatus.

Initializing the monitoring device to receive and display system information; Determining an operation state of the input device; Reading the value of the address counter and increasing the value of the read address counter; Reading data stored in an address of the storage device such as an increased value of the address counter and increasing the address of the storage device; Determining whether the address of the storage device is the last address; Changing the address of the storage device to a first address and reading the data stored in the address to increase the address of the storage device; Determining whether an address of the storage device is larger than a value of the address counter; Outputting data read from the storage device to the display device; And determining an operation state of the input device and executing the operation.

※ Note: It is disclosed by the contents of the first application.