<s>
A	O
bond-out	B-Application
processor	I-Application
is	O
an	O
emulation	B-Application
processor	O
that	O
takes	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
or	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
target	O
board	O
while	O
an	O
application	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
and/or	O
debugged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bond-out	B-Application
processors	I-Application
have	O
internal	O
signals	O
and	O
bus	O
brought	O
out	O
to	O
external	O
pins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
bond-out	O
derives	O
from	O
connecting	O
(	O
or	O
bonding	O
)	O
the	O
emulation	B-Application
circuitry	O
to	O
these	O
external	O
pins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
devices	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
an	O
in-circuit	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
and	O
are	O
not	O
typically	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
other	O
kind	O
of	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
bond-out	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
were	O
produced	O
in	O
a	O
bigger	O
package	O
to	O
provide	O
more	O
signals	O
and	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bond-out	B-Application
processors	I-Application
provides	O
capabilities	O
far	O
beyond	O
those	O
of	O
a	O
simple	O
ROM	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bond-out	B-Application
processors	I-Application
can	O
handle	O
complex	O
breakpoints	O
(	O
even	O
in	O
ROM	O
)	O
,	O
real-time	O
traces	O
of	O
processor	O
activity	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
use	O
of	O
target	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
this	O
extra	O
functionality	O
comes	O
at	O
a	O
high	O
cost	O
,	O
as	O
bond-outs	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
for	O
in-circuit	B-Application
emulators	I-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
