| ??? 12/07/05 13:37 Read: times |
#104818 - microscope and nuts Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Working on this project and reading these discussions on emulators etc. I suddenly realised, that there are (maybe rare) tasks for which the emulators are usually NOT suitable, and the "cheapest" method - the debug printouts - work the best.
I was in a situation when a bug revealed itself only after performing a certain - long - chain of steps, while the gadget under test had to continouosly communicate with the data source. The trace memory of an ICE would be too short to store the whole sequence of events; but a set of cautiously selected printouts quickly revealed what was going on. Microscopes are nice and fine and sophisticated, but for cracking nuts, hammer is better. Of course, it is fine to have both the microscope and hammer around, for the case... :-) Jan Waclawek |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| how to debug without an ICE? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| possible, sure, as easy no | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| printouts-simulator-monitor-quasiICE-ICE | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Roll your own? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| 01/01/70 00:00 | ||
| That's what I do | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Me too | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| not pantyhose | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| microscope and nuts | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| other tools | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A nice self-made tool ! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| This, of course blows any modern design | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What are we talking about ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It DOES have to do with what you suggest | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| another low-cost tool | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The LED | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| digital line with OSCOPE | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| seems print is a very good choice for me | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Make your own | 01/01/70 00:00 |