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The basic principle of serial debugging is this: At strategic points in your program you insert a small bit of special debug code<\/em>, which sends some data out through the serial port for display on the terminal. Typically this debug data will be in human-readable ASCII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a very simple idea, but quite powerful. No programming\/debugging tool, like SPLat\/PC, is capable of having features targeted at every situation that could arise while developing a complex program. Being able to write your own tool, so to speak, and have it run in the SPLat is very powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of this tutorial will basically show you a number of ideas based on this theme. Don’t see these as being the full repertoire of what can be done. Rather, consider them as a starting point for your own creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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