Hi,
I have been working with Arduino UNO for a a couple of years and during this time the "Serial.println()" methodology of debugging has been sufficient.
Now that I have started working with ATtiny chips and also creating my own circuits with my embedded AVR chips....I have noticed that the Serial output kind of debugging has its limitations.
I have been playing with interrupts and timers and they can often get very upset with Serial output halting the processing completely.
I have connected LED's to pins to also give me a clue of where the code is executing....but again this is not ideal.
I do see that Atmel Studio 6 allows for step by step debugging of a chip.
Does anyone have experience with doing this kind of debugging?
What debugger device should I consider.....general tips?
Thanks
Mark
AVR chip debugging....suggestions/tips/tricks?
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Re: AVR chip debugging....suggestions/tips/tricks?
I use the Atmel JTAGICE3 - it's inexpensive and it works.
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Re: AVR chip debugging....suggestions/tips/tricks?
Second recommendation for JTAGICE. Mine was free
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