 | Editor
The source code editor also interfaces with the debugger to provide functions and features
for debugging within a source file or module. Breakpoints may be set on one or more source
lines. Breakpoints are fixed on source lines and are bound to addresses when a program is
loaded. Single stepping can be done going into and over function calls (assembly or C) and
you can execute to the location of the cursor. Toolbar buttons allow you to open all other
debug windows and also step to the end of the function (for C) or the caller of the
function (assembly and C). A variable or expression can be highlighted which will be taken
as the input when a watch is added. |
| Registers and
Flags
The registers and flags window displays all Rabbit CPU registers and also for convenience
includes the MMU and XPC values. The flags window shows all flags including IP. Registers
and flags can be modified before resuming execution. Easy shortcuts for zeroing,
incrementing, and decrementing a register are provided. On each stoppage of execution,
registers and flags which have changed from the previous execution will be shown in red.
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| Assembly
The assembly window displays a scrollable Rabbit disassembly of data in the system. Global
labels and source code which match addresses are interspersed. Breakpoints may be set and
cleared on addresses and these are fixed even as changed programs are loaded. Breakpoints
set in an editor show up in the assembly display. The PC address is displayed as a solid
background in one color and as a second color when on a breakpoint, which also are shown
with a solid red background. Memory can be changed in the assembly window by simply typing
a mnemonic with its operands including expressions and symbols. It will be placed in
memory and the cursor will advance to the next spot. All of the single stepping function
available in the editor window are available in this window with the addition of back
stepping, which undoes registers to the previous step. As the cursor or PC moves to an
address, the closest symbol name matching the address plus an offset (if not 0) will be
displayed in the status line. |
| Data
The data window displays a scrollable section of Rabbit addresses in one of four formats:
bytes, words, double words, and floats. One or more bytes of memory in the format
displayed can be modified by simply typing one or more values. The closest symbol name
matching the cursor address plus an offset (if not 0) will be displayed in the status
line. |
| Stack
The stack window displays a column of words matching addresses of the stack at the current
SP. The SP address is displayed as a solid background color. Words may be changed by
simply entering one or more values. |
| I/O
The I/O window displays one or more user specified I/O locations. These locations may be
specified as belonging to the internal or external address space. I/O locations may be
changed by entering a value and a count of the number of writes to execute. To support
shadowed registers, the I/O window allows you to specify a shadow name for external I/O
and provides the Softools standard shadow name for internal addresses. When writing I/O to
a shadowed address, the shadow memory is updated as well as the port. When reading the
shadowed address, the shadow location is read. An address can be marked as write-only so
that it will not be read on a refresh but remains available in the window to allow writing
to it as needed. |
| Watch
The watch window displays one or more user specified variables or expressions to evaluate
and to display the result which is displayed along with the C type of the result. The
result can be a combination of 2 or 3 formats depending on the expression's final type. A
structure is shown as a comma delimited list of the members. A pointer to char is shown as
a string. If the expression is a simple (non-aggregate) type, it may be changed and the
new value will be written to memory. |
| Printf
The printf window
allows runtime debugging and diagnostic messages to be displayed into this window by
simply using the C printf function. Data is written at the
full serial link speed without delay. If the WinIDE is exited, program output can be
monitored using a terminal program like HyperTerminal. For production code, the
output is disabled (but the code and overhead to process the printf remains). It can
be enabled if necessary by a small change to the startup code.
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