Debugging

Table of contents

• External Resources
• Debug Interfaces
  • Connecting to the XDS Debugger
• Configuring Debugger in CCS
  • Find Serial Number
  • Configure Serial Number
• Configuring Debugger in IAR
• Breakpoints
  • Breakpoints in CCS
  • Breakpoints in IAR
• Considerations on Breakpoints
  • Breakpoints and Timing
  • Breakpoints and Optimization
• Watching Variables and Registers
  • Variables in CCS
  • Variables in IAR
  • Considerations When Viewing Variables
• Memory Watchpoints
  • Watchpoints in CCS
  • Watchpoints in IAR
• TI-RTOS Object Viewer
  • Scanning the BIOS for Errors
  • Viewing the State of Each Task
  • Viewing the System Stack
• Using the Memory Browser
• Debugging Common Heap Issues
  • Functions
  • Determining the Auto Heap Size
  • Programatically Accessing the Heap Configuration
  • Troubleshooting Heap Problems
• Optimizations
  • Project-Wide Optimizations
  • Single-File Optimizations
  • Single-Function Optimizations
  • Loading TI-RTOS in ROM Symbols
• Deciphering CPU Exceptions
  • Exception Cause
  • Using TI-RTOS and ROV to Parse Exceptions
• Debugging Memory Problems
  • Task and System Stack Overflow
  • Dynamic Allocation Errors
• Check System Flash and RAM Usage With Map File
• Debugging a Program Exit
• HAL Assert Handling
  • Catching Stack Asserts in the Application