diff --git a/devlib/__init__.py b/devlib/__init__.py
index 51a8e47..911c50d 100644
--- a/devlib/__init__.py
+++ b/devlib/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from devlib.instrument import MEASUREMENT_TYPES, INSTANTANEOUS, CONTINUOUS
 from devlib.instrument.daq import DaqInstrument
 from devlib.instrument.energy_probe import EnergyProbeInstrument
+from devlib.instrument.frames import GfxInfoFramesInstrument
 from devlib.instrument.hwmon import HwmonInstrument
 from devlib.instrument.monsoon import MonsoonInstrument
 from devlib.instrument.netstats import NetstatsInstrument
diff --git a/devlib/exception.py b/devlib/exception.py
index 16dd04f..11b19e0 100644
--- a/devlib/exception.py
+++ b/devlib/exception.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-
 class DevlibError(Exception):
     """Base class for all Devlib exceptions."""
     pass
@@ -49,3 +48,42 @@
 
     def __str__(self):
         return '\n'.join([self.message, 'OUTPUT:', self.output or ''])
+
+
+class WorkerThreadError(DevlibError):
+    """
+    This should get raised  in the main thread if a non-WAError-derived
+    exception occurs on a worker/background thread. If a WAError-derived
+    exception is raised in the worker, then it that exception should be
+    re-raised on the main thread directly -- the main point of this is to
+    preserve the backtrace in the output, and backtrace doesn't get output for
+    WAErrors.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, thread, exc_info):
+        self.thread = thread
+        self.exc_info = exc_info
+        orig = self.exc_info[1]
+        orig_name = type(orig).__name__
+        message = 'Exception of type {} occured on thread {}:\n'.format(orig_name, thread)
+        message += '{}\n{}: {}'.format(get_traceback(self.exc_info), orig_name, orig)
+        super(WorkerThreadError, self).__init__(message)
+
+
+def get_traceback(exc=None):
+    """
+    Returns the string with the traceback for the specifiec exc
+    object, or for the current exception exc is not specified.
+
+    """
+    import StringIO, traceback, sys
+    if exc is None:
+        exc = sys.exc_info()
+    if not exc:
+        return None
+    tb = exc[2]
+    sio = StringIO.StringIO()
+    traceback.print_tb(tb, file=sio)
+    del tb  # needs to be done explicitly see: http://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.exc_info
+    return sio.getvalue()
diff --git a/devlib/instrument/__init__.py b/devlib/instrument/__init__.py
index 9d898c4..044c7d4 100644
--- a/devlib/instrument/__init__.py
+++ b/devlib/instrument/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+from __future__ import division
 import csv
 import logging
 import collections
@@ -24,28 +25,33 @@
 INSTANTANEOUS = 1
 CONTINUOUS = 2
 
+MEASUREMENT_TYPES = {}  # populated further down
 
-class MeasurementType(tuple):
 
-    __slots__ = []
+class MeasurementType(object):
 
-    def __new__(cls, name, units, category=None):
-        return tuple.__new__(cls, (name, units, category))
+    def __init__(self, name, units, category=None, conversions=None):
+        self.name = name
+        self.units = units
+        self.category = category
+        self.conversions = {}
+        if conversions is not None:
+            for key, value in conversions.iteritems():
+                if not callable(value):
+                    msg = 'Converter must be callable; got {} "{}"'
+                    raise ValueError(msg.format(type(value), value))
+                self.conversions[key] = value
 
-    @property
-    def name(self):
-        return tuple.__getitem__(self, 0)
-
-    @property
-    def units(self):
-        return tuple.__getitem__(self, 1)
-
-    @property
-    def category(self):
-        return tuple.__getitem__(self, 2)
-
-    def __getitem__(self, item):
-        raise TypeError()
+    def convert(self, value, to):
+        if isinstance(to, basestring) and to in MEASUREMENT_TYPES:
+            to = MEASUREMENT_TYPES[to]
+        if not isinstance(to, MeasurementType):
+            msg = 'Unexpected conversion target: "{}"'
+            raise ValueError(msg.format(to))
+        if not to.name in self.conversions:
+            msg = 'No conversion from {} to {} available'
+            raise ValueError(msg.format(self.name, to.name))
+        return self.conversions[to.name](value)
 
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, MeasurementType):
@@ -55,12 +61,28 @@
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 
-    __repr__ = __str__
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if self.category:
+            text = 'MeasurementType({}, {}, {})'
+            return text.format(self.name, self.units, self.category)
+        else:
+            text = 'MeasurementType({}, {})'
+            return text.format(self.name, self.units)
 
 
 # Standard measures
 _measurement_types = [
-    MeasurementType('time', 'seconds'),
+    MeasurementType('unknown', None),
+    MeasurementType('time', 'seconds',
+        conversions={
+            'time_us': lambda x: x * 1000,
+        }
+    ),
+    MeasurementType('time_us', 'microseconds',
+        conversions={
+            'time': lambda x: x / 1000,
+        }
+    ),
     MeasurementType('temperature', 'degrees'),
 
     MeasurementType('power', 'watts', 'power/energy'),
@@ -71,8 +93,11 @@
     MeasurementType('tx', 'bytes', 'data transfer'),
     MeasurementType('rx', 'bytes', 'data transfer'),
     MeasurementType('tx/rx', 'bytes', 'data transfer'),
+
+    MeasurementType('frames', 'frames', 'ui render'),
 ]
-MEASUREMENT_TYPES = {m.name: m for m in _measurement_types}
+for m in _measurement_types:
+    MEASUREMENT_TYPES[m.name] = m
 
 
 class Measurement(object):
@@ -108,10 +133,12 @@
 
 class MeasurementsCsv(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, path, channels):
+    def __init__(self, path, channels=None):
         self.path = path
         self.channels = channels
         self._fh = open(path, 'rb')
+        if self.channels is None:
+            self._load_channels()
 
     def measurements(self):
         return list(self.itermeasurements())
@@ -124,6 +151,29 @@
             values = map(numeric, row)
             yield [Measurement(v, c) for (v, c) in zip(values, self.channels)]
 
+    def _load_channels(self):
+        self._fh.seek(0)
+        reader = csv.reader(self._fh)
+        header = reader.next()
+        self._fh.seek(0)
+
+        self.channels = []
+        for entry in header:
+            for mt in MEASUREMENT_TYPES:
+                suffix = '_{}'.format(mt)
+                if entry.endswith(suffix):
+                    site =  entry[:-len(suffix)]
+                    measure = mt
+                    name = '{}_{}'.format(site, measure)
+                    break
+            else:
+                site = entry
+                measure = 'unknown'
+                name = entry
+
+            chan = InstrumentChannel(name, site, measure)
+            self.channels.append(chan)
+
 
 class InstrumentChannel(object):
 
diff --git a/devlib/instrument/energy_probe.py b/devlib/instrument/energy_probe.py
index 3f7506a..ed502f5 100644
--- a/devlib/instrument/energy_probe.py
+++ b/devlib/instrument/energy_probe.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 'Energy Probe: Caiman exited unexpectedly with exit code {}.\n'
                 'stdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}'.format(self.process.returncode,
                                                   stdout, stderr))
-        os.killpg(self.process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+        os.killpg(self.process.pid, signal.SIGINT)
 
     def get_data(self, outfile):  # pylint: disable=R0914
         all_channels = [c.label for c in self.list_channels()]
diff --git a/devlib/instrument/frames.py b/devlib/instrument/frames.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a2147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devlib/instrument/frames.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+from devlib.instrument import (Instrument, CONTINUOUS,
+                               MeasurementsCsv, MeasurementType)
+from devlib.utils.rendering import (GfxinfoFrameCollector,
+                                    SurfaceFlingerFrameCollector,
+                                    SurfaceFlingerFrame,
+                                    read_gfxinfo_columns)
+
+
+class FramesInstrument(Instrument):
+
+    mode = CONTINUOUS
+    collector_cls = None
+
+    def __init__(self, target, collector_target, period=2, keep_raw=True):
+        super(FramesInstrument, self).__init__(target)
+        self.collector_target = collector_target
+        self.period = period
+        self.keep_raw = keep_raw
+        self.collector = None
+        self.header = None
+        self._need_reset = True
+        self._init_channels()
+
+    def reset(self, sites=None, kinds=None, channels=None):
+        super(FramesInstrument, self).reset(sites, kinds, channels)
+        self.collector = self.collector_cls(self.target, self.period,
+                                            self.collector_target, self.header)
+        self._need_reset = False
+
+    def start(self):
+        if self._need_reset:
+            self.reset()
+        self.collector.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.collector.stop()
+        self._need_reset = True
+
+    def get_data(self, outfile):
+        raw_outfile = None
+        if self.keep_raw:
+            raw_outfile = outfile + '.raw'
+        self.collector.process_frames(raw_outfile)
+        active_sites = [chan.label for chan in self.active_channels]
+        self.collector.write_frames(outfile, columns=active_sites)
+        return MeasurementsCsv(outfile, self.active_channels)
+
+    def _init_channels(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class GfxInfoFramesInstrument(FramesInstrument):
+
+    mode = CONTINUOUS
+    collector_cls = GfxinfoFrameCollector
+
+    def _init_channels(self):
+        columns = read_gfxinfo_columns(self.target)
+        for entry in columns:
+            if entry == 'Flags':
+                self.add_channel('Flags', MeasurementType('flags', 'flags'))
+            else:
+                self.add_channel(entry, 'time_us')
+        self.header = [chan.label for chan in self.channels.values()]
+
+
+class SurfaceFlingerFramesInstrument(FramesInstrument):
+
+    mode = CONTINUOUS
+    collector_cls = SurfaceFlingerFrameCollector
+
+    def _init_channels(self):
+        for field in SurfaceFlingerFrame._fields:
+            # remove the "_time" from filed names to avoid duplication
+            self.add_channel(field[:-5], 'time_us')
+        self.header = [chan.label for chan in self.channels.values()]
diff --git a/devlib/module/cpufreq.py b/devlib/module/cpufreq.py
index 01fb79b..e18d95b 100644
--- a/devlib/module/cpufreq.py
+++ b/devlib/module/cpufreq.py
@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@
                 'cpufreq_set_all_governors {}'.format(governor),
                 as_root=True)
         except TargetError as e:
-            if "echo: I/O error" in str(e):
+            if ("echo: I/O error" in str(e) or
+                "write error: Invalid argument" in str(e)):
+
                 cpus_unsupported = [c for c in self.target.list_online_cpus()
                                     if governor not in self.list_governors(c)]
                 raise TargetError("Governor {} unsupported for CPUs {}".format(
diff --git a/devlib/utils/rendering.py b/devlib/utils/rendering.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b7b6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devlib/utils/rendering.py
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import csv
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
+from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
+from devlib.exception  import WorkerThreadError, TargetNotRespondingError, TimeoutError
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('rendering')
+
+SurfaceFlingerFrame = namedtuple('SurfaceFlingerFrame',
+                                 'desired_present_time actual_present_time frame_ready_time')
+
+
+class FrameCollector(threading.Thread):
+
+    def __init__(self, target, period):
+        super(FrameCollector, self).__init__()
+        self.target = target
+        self.period = period
+        self.stop_signal = threading.Event()
+        self.frames = []
+
+        self.temp_file = None
+        self.refresh_period = None
+        self.drop_threshold = None
+        self.unresponsive_count = 0
+        self.last_ready_time = None
+        self.exc = None
+        self.header = None
+
+    def run(self):
+        logger.debug('Surface flinger frame data collection started.')
+        try:
+            self.stop_signal.clear()
+            fd, self.temp_file = tempfile.mkstemp()
+            logger.debug('temp file: {}'.format(self.temp_file))
+            wfh = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb')
+            try:
+                while not self.stop_signal.is_set():
+                    self.collect_frames(wfh)
+                    time.sleep(self.period)
+            finally:
+                wfh.close()
+        except (TargetNotRespondingError, TimeoutError):  # pylint: disable=W0703
+            raise
+        except Exception, e:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+            logger.warning('Exception on collector thread: {}({})'.format(e.__class__.__name__, e))
+            self.exc = WorkerThreadError(self.name, sys.exc_info())
+        logger.debug('Surface flinger frame data collection stopped.')
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.stop_signal.set()
+        self.join()
+        if self.unresponsive_count:
+            message = 'FrameCollector was unrepsonsive {} times.'.format(self.unresponsive_count)
+            if self.unresponsive_count > 10:
+                logger.warning(message)
+            else:
+                logger.debug(message)
+        if self.exc:
+            raise self.exc  # pylint: disable=E0702
+
+    def process_frames(self, outfile=None):
+        if not self.temp_file:
+            raise RuntimeError('Attempting to process frames before running the collector')
+        with open(self.temp_file) as fh:
+            self._process_raw_file(fh)
+        if outfile:
+            shutil.copy(self.temp_file, outfile)
+        os.unlink(self.temp_file)
+        self.temp_file = None
+
+    def write_frames(self, outfile, columns=None):
+        if columns is None:
+            header = self.header
+            frames = self.frames
+        else:
+            header = [c for c in self.header if c in columns]
+            indexes = [self.header.index(c) for c in header]
+            frames = [[f[i] for i in indexes] for f in self.frames]
+        with open(outfile, 'w') as wfh:
+            writer = csv.writer(wfh)
+            if header:
+                writer.writerow(header)
+            writer.writerows(frames)
+
+    def collect_frames(self, wfh):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def clear(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def _process_raw_file(self, fh):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class SurfaceFlingerFrameCollector(FrameCollector):
+
+    def __init__(self, target, period, view, header=None):
+        super(SurfaceFlingerFrameCollector, self).__init__(target, period)
+        self.view = view
+        self.header = header or SurfaceFlingerFrame._fields
+
+    def collect_frames(self, wfh):
+        for activity in self.list():
+            if activity == self.view:
+                wfh.write(self.get_latencies(activity))
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.target.execute('dumpsys SurfaceFlinger --latency-clear ')
+
+    def get_latencies(self, activity):
+        cmd = 'dumpsys SurfaceFlinger --latency "{}"'
+        return self.target.execute(cmd.format(activity))
+
+    def list(self):
+        return self.target.execute('dumpsys SurfaceFlinger --list').split('\r\n')
+
+    def _process_raw_file(self, fh):
+        text = fh.read().replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n')
+        for line in text.split('\n'):
+            line = line.strip()
+            if line:
+                self._process_trace_line(line)
+
+    def _process_trace_line(self, line):
+        parts = line.split()
+        if len(parts) == 3:
+            frame = SurfaceFlingerFrame(*map(int, parts))
+            if not frame.frame_ready_time:
+                return # "null" frame
+            if frame.frame_ready_time <= self.last_ready_time:
+                return  # duplicate frame
+            if (frame.frame_ready_time - frame.desired_present_time) > self.drop_threshold:
+                logger.debug('Dropping bogus frame {}.'.format(line))
+                return  # bogus data
+            self.last_ready_time = frame.frame_ready_time
+            self.frames.append(frame)
+        elif len(parts) == 1:
+            self.refresh_period = int(parts[0])
+            self.drop_threshold = self.refresh_period * 1000
+        elif 'SurfaceFlinger appears to be unresponsive, dumping anyways' in line:
+            self.unresponsive_count += 1
+        else:
+            logger.warning('Unexpected SurfaceFlinger dump output: {}'.format(line))
+
+
+def read_gfxinfo_columns(target):
+    output = target.execute('dumpsys gfxinfo --list framestats')
+    lines = iter(output.split('\n'))
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith('---PROFILEDATA---'):
+            break
+    columns_line = lines.next()
+    return columns_line.split(',')[:-1]  # has a trailing ','
+
+
+class GfxinfoFrameCollector(FrameCollector):
+
+    def __init__(self, target, period, package, header=None):
+        super(GfxinfoFrameCollector, self).__init__(target, period)
+        self.package = package
+        self.header =  None
+        self._init_header(header)
+
+    def collect_frames(self, wfh):
+        cmd = 'dumpsys gfxinfo {} framestats'
+        wfh.write(self.target.execute(cmd.format(self.package)))
+
+    def clear(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _init_header(self, header):
+        if header is not None:
+            self.header = header
+        else:
+            self.header = read_gfxinfo_columns(self.target)
+
+    def _process_raw_file(self, fh):
+        found = False
+        try:
+            while True:
+                for line in fh:
+                    if line.startswith('---PROFILEDATA---'):
+                        found = True
+                        break
+
+                fh.next()  # headers
+                for line in fh:
+                    if line.startswith('---PROFILEDATA---'):
+                        break
+                    self.frames.append(map(int, line.strip().split(',')[:-1]))  # has a trailing ','
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+        if not found:
+            logger.warning('Could not find frames data in gfxinfo output')
+            return
diff --git a/devlib/utils/ssh.py b/devlib/utils/ssh.py
index f5fedc1..8704008 100644
--- a/devlib/utils/ssh.py
+++ b/devlib/utils/ssh.py
@@ -439,29 +439,40 @@
         # First check if the connection is set up to interact with gem5
         self._check_ready()
 
-        filename = os.path.basename(source)
+        result = self._gem5_shell("ls {}".format(source))
+        files = result.split()
 
-        logger.debug("pull_file {} {}".format(source, filename))
-        # writefile needs the file to be copied to be in the current working
-        # directory so if needed, copy to the working directory
-        # We don't check the exit code here because it is non-zero if the source
-        # and destination are the same. The ls below will cause an error if the
-        # file was not where we expected it to be.
-        if os.path.isabs(source):
-            if os.path.dirname(source) != self.execute('pwd',check_exit_code=False):
-                self._gem5_shell("cat '{}' > '{}'".format(source, filename))
-        self._gem5_shell("sync")
-        self._gem5_shell("ls -la {}".format(filename))
-        logger.debug('Finished the copy in the simulator')
-        self._gem5_util("writefile {}".format(filename))
+        for filename in files:
+            dest_file = os.path.basename(filename)
+            logger.debug("pull_file {} {}".format(filename, dest_file))
+            # writefile needs the file to be copied to be in the current
+            # working directory so if needed, copy to the working directory
+            # We don't check the exit code here because it is non-zero if the
+            # source and destination are the same. The ls below will cause an
+            # error if the file was not where we expected it to be.
+            if os.path.isabs(source):
+                if os.path.dirname(source) != self.execute('pwd',
+                                              check_exit_code=False):
+                    self._gem5_shell("cat '{}' > '{}'".format(filename,
+                                                              dest_file))
+            self._gem5_shell("sync")
+            self._gem5_shell("ls -la {}".format(dest_file))
+            logger.debug('Finished the copy in the simulator')
+            self._gem5_util("writefile {}".format(dest_file))
 
-        if 'cpu' not in filename:
-            while not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.gem5_out_dir, filename)):
-                time.sleep(1)
+            if 'cpu' not in filename:
+                while not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.gem5_out_dir,
+                                                      dest_file)):
+                    time.sleep(1)
 
-        # Perform the local move
-        shutil.move(os.path.join(self.gem5_out_dir, filename), dest)
-        logger.debug("Pull complete.")
+            # Perform the local move
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dest, dest_file)):
+                logger.warning(
+                            'Destination file {} already exists!'\
+                            .format(dest_file))
+            else:
+                shutil.move(os.path.join(self.gem5_out_dir, dest_file), dest)
+            logger.debug("Pull complete.")
 
     def execute(self, command, timeout=1000, check_exit_code=True,
                 as_root=False, strip_colors=True):