??? 05/31/07 07:28 Modified: 05/31/07 07:29 Read: times |
#140093 - debugger not useful Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I found debuggers not useful in real time applications:
Whenever you watch an expression, the application was stalled and so no real working can be debugged. E.g. if a motor was running but not stopped on the end switch, because you watch a variable and then the mechanical part of your gadget was destroyed. Thats definitively not my understanding of "debugging", it's "bug inserting". Thus I use for debugging some small routines, which send watch expressions over the UART beside the application was constantly running on full speed. Debuggers are only nice for absolute beginners, to look inside the controller, how it works. Peter |