Getting started with winIDEA and BlueBox technology
This tutorial introduces our winIDEA integrated development environment together with our BlueBox technology. It focuses on the basics and follows the recommended learning sequence of our field application engineers with many years of training experience.
Intro - install the winIDEA IDE,
Unit 1 - select a prepared example workspace,
Unit 2 - connect and configure the BlueBox and target system,
Unit 3 - start debugging and manage breakpoints,
Unit 4 - navigate within different debug windows,
Unit 5 - import your download and source files and start debugging your own application.
We distribute more than 100 example workspaces designed to work with many CPU families we support. Using such a pre-configured workspace will get you started quickly and smoothly.
Get to know the development process with iSYSTEM tools and install winIDEA.
4 min
Get to know winIDEA IDE, install and select a pre-configured example workspace.
12 min
Connect and configure your Bluebox to the development PC and target system and establish connection.
Configure general CPU settings and execute CPU Reset.
7 min
Download the code to your Target and control its execution by using Run Control commands and step through the code.
6 min
Discover and manage various breakpoints types.
6 min
Navigate within the Callstack Window, retrace program execution and monitor Stack usage.
Execute and step through assembler instructions; display and modify the content of registers.
5 min
Watch the content of variables and detect changes. Visualize data contents and modify format types.
4 min
Display and manage memory content from a specific address, modify memory contents and track the changes.
Find a specific register, display detailed information and edit its value. Create and share a custom SFR Window.
6 min
Navigate through various types of symbols and locate Project Files Directories.
9 min
Select and prepare the files for download and start debugging your own application.
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