If you’re starting to develop embedded software using Visual Studio Code (VS Code), a question at the top of your list is, “How do I debug my code?” In a vendor-supplied IDE using Eclipse, debugging ...

Programmers spend a high percentage of the time debugging rather than writing code. You probably had some training in learning a language or framework–but how did you learn to fix the defects in your ...

Make it a habit to dig deeper and find more information about the issue before starting to debug a non-trivial issue. For example: is this a new problem? If so, starting when? Is this only visible to ...

A student raises his hand, sounding irritated and wronged. The look on this 11-year-old’s face seems almost accusatory; his code is not running and he sounds as if it is the teacher’s fault. During my ...

The greatest challenge facing embedded system developers is debugging software. Embedded systems have become highly complex, running real-time operating systems, connectivity stacks, USB, and security ...

If you have ever tried to debug optimized code, you probably realized that it can be a frustrating experience. Without optimizations, your debugger is a reliable assistant, precisely following every ...