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winIDEA Help

Version: 9.21.241

Start a Debug Session

This tutorial shows the most common uses cases of starting a debug session with executing a reset or downloading the code to your Target, controlling its execution by using Run Control commands and step through the code.

winIDEA Debug Status in the lower right cornet indicates whether the Debug Session is established and which is the current state of the microcontroller.

 

Simplified diagram of a Debug Session

Simplified diagram of a Debug Session

 

 

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Perform Debug / Reset or Debug / Download.

To establish an active debug session, you can:

Perform reset via Debug / Reset and establish control of the device at its reset point. Within an active session, this will only reset the device.

Download the executable code and the belonging debug information to the microcontroller via Debug / Download and establish control of the device at its reset point and programs FLASH and RAM.

 

debug-reset

 

winIDEA will show             STOP             Debug Status.

 

You can observe debug session initialization details in the Progress window.

 

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Perform Run / Stop.

After programming, set the device to Run via Debug / Run Control / Run. Run starts or resumes the execution of the application which continuous until the application is:

Stopped

Breakpoint is hit

Other exception / event occurs

 

winIDEA shows              RUN              Debug Status.

 

debug-run

 

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Perform Run Control.

Follow the Video Tutorial Breakpoint bisecting and see how stepping through the code is used in a real-life example.

 

debug-run-control

 

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End a Debug Session via Debug / End Session.

winIDEA is now disconnected from the BlueBox. winIDEA will show           OFFLINE           Debug Status in the bottom right corner.

 

debug-end-session

 

 

Next steps

Breakpoints Management

Special Function Registers

Watches

Memory

 

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