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Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 1565

Options for an embedded "Trace/Debug" Tool

I know there a lot of tools out there for embedded system debugging or tracing. But I have a more specific use case:

  1. The least amount of extra hardware. Best if it would go through: ethernet / can or JTAG
  2. Live feed of data - not storing data for later analyzing
  3. Easy but powerful graphical visualization of live data (like a gauge, bar or plot)
  4. easy to use in source code - like using the printf style of code debugging

Hope you have some ideas for sw tools

thank you very much!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 380

Answers (1)

Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 1362

Typically when I start building an embedded system I use the UART as a "system console" to output diagnostic data using printf. You can also add a menu interface that responds to specific commands.

If the embedded system you are creating has a serial interface in the requirements you could use it. If not, simple TTL to USB converters are available.

Upvotes: 3

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