impulse for Visual Studio Code

impulse is an event and waveform visualization and analysis workbench (simulation, traces, logs) which helps engineers to comfortably understand and debug complex semiconductor and multi-core software systems.

This vscode extension is an early beta (non-productive) version with basic features.

THIS BETA SOFTWARE IS BELIEVED TO CONTAIN DEFECTS. USER IS ADVISED TO SAFEGUARD IMPORTANT DATA, TO USE CAUTION AND NOT TO RELY IN ANY WAY ON THE CORRECT FUNCTIONING OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.

Quick Start

• Select a file to view.
• Use the context menus 'Open with' and select the impulse Viewer (You may select the impulse Viewer as the default option at this point).
• On activation, it may take a while (a few secs) to load the backend java server. The OS may ask you for approval.
• Create a new view.
• Open the 'Samples panel' to examine the signal details.
• Have fun !

quickstart.mp4

Playground (gitpod)

Just enter https://www.gitpod.io#https://github.com/toem/impulse.playground into your browser and log-in with your github account.

License

Our guiding principle for this and all subsequent versions is:

• Non-commercial use is free - including all features.
• Commercial use is free only for essential features.

This beta version does not require any license keys.

see LICENSE.md

see Licensing options

Requirements

impulse requires a java Runtime environment (at least JRE8). For communication to the osgi impulse server, a socket interface is used.

Preferences

The current beta release, allows to configure the java command options, and the communication port for the osgi impulse server.

Documentation

Enter https://toem.de/index.php/resources/documentation for more information about impulse.

The exstisting documentation currently only convers the eclipse version of impulse - although the principles and usage are quite similar.

Sources

Find the source code of the vscode extension at https://github.com/toem/impulse.vscode.

Issues and Proposals

Use https://github.com/toem/impulse.vscode/issues for issues and proposals.

You may use [email protected] for further information.

Features

File Formats

• recMl/ recMZ

  impulse main xml based signal format (un-compressed/compressed).

• recJs (Script)

  recJs files are signal script files. You might prepare signal references, define test vectors for your design or script a custom reader. Everything is based on the same simple api that is used in signal scripts and serializer.

• recTr (flux trace)

  recTr (flux) is an open trace format. Emitters can be downloaded in source form from toem git hub or imported with from eclipse.

• Scripted Reader

  Use JS scripts to define your own stream reader.

• VCD

  The Verilog Value Change Dump can be seen as a standard format and is supported.

• Test Line Reader

  Reader for debugging purpose. Extract lines from the input stream.

• Test Block Reader

  Reader for debugging purpose. Extract bytes blocks from the input stream.

Plot types

• Logic

• Vector

  Decimal,Hexadecimal,Octal

  Binary,ASCII,Text

  Index,Value Delta,Domain Delta

• Line

  Combined (multiple lines in one row)

  Annotated,Interpolated

  Linear/Log10,XY Cursor

• Transaction

  Multiple layers

• Log

• Event

• Image

• Area

  Combined, Stacked, Transparent

  Annotated, Interpolated

  Linear/Log10

• Gantt

  Multi-color

• Charts

  Combined

  Javascript charts

Axis & Cursors

• Supports multiple domains

  Time,Frequency

  Index, Volts, Amps,...

• Multiple axes in one view

• Multiple cursors

• Cursor details area shows deltas

• Quick measurements (XY) & zoom

• Linear/Log10 domain axis (e.g frequency)