OSEK / AUTOSAR: What is iTCHI?

iSYSTEM Trace Configuration Helper (iTCHi) is a set of scripts that can help you to configure OS and RTE-aware hardware traces for the winIDEA Analyzer. iTCHi is located in the folder scripts/itchi within your winIDEA installation folder.

iTCHi Wizard is a graphical user interface for working with iTCHi. To launch the Wizard, follow these steps navigate to Debug / Configure Session / Applications / OS / iTCHi Wizard button.

iTCHi allows you to:

• Create an AUTOSAR trace configuration file iSYSTEM Profiler XML
• Extend the capabilities of the OSEK Runtime-Interface (ORTI) file
• Configure OS Profiling of Tasks and ISRs with and without Instrumentation
• Configure RTE Profiling of Runnables with and without Instrumentation
• Generate the Task State instrumentation code for your project
• Generate the RTE VFB Runnable trace hooks for your project
• Configure winIDEA to support BTF export for Running Task/ISR traces and Task State traces
• Overall enables you to get detailed insights into your application's real-time behavior

More resources:

• winIDEA installation folder/scripts/itchi/docs/readme.html
• iTCHi Readme
• iTCHi - winIDEA Help
• MICROSAR OS Profiling Webinar