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Debug Symbols

Topic last updated 07 Jan 2010, by Eli Hughes. 2 replies
Eli Hughes
07 Jan 2010

It would be nice if the MBED compiler could produce an output file in Elf or IEEE-695 form.   I would like to us Micruim's uCprobe tool as a debugging to view variables, etc in real time!

Igor Skochinsky
07 Jan 2010

How would you do that with no jtag? Or you want to use another board with an lpc chip?

Eli Hughes
07 Jan 2010

With UCprobe you give the windows application your object file with the debug symbols included.  It now knows the memory locations of your variables.   You then include some magic code to your C files that needs called periodically.   Over Serial, USB or ethernet  the windows app will send out requests for certain variables/memeory locations and the C code will return them.   You can basically inspect memory without a processor halt.

http://micrium.com/page/products/tools/probe

The windows part allows you to create a custom GUI with guage, text, grids, graphs, etc with the variable data you specify.