PIO Unified Debugger

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Amazing response time :slight_smile:
Works perfect now…

Sorry I poorly explained that.
I meant the “user-button” would be only a substitution for one command in the gdb-console.

For example:
A user would like to save breakpoints:

debug_extra_cmds = define user-command
                        save breakpoints to_some_place.txt
                   end

If the user hit the button the “user-command” is executed (brakepoints are saved).

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PlatformIO is great and it keeps getting better. I will buy the Plus version to support this project and I hope that you may consider adding debugging support for JTAG. Specifically I am using Segger JLink on ESP32 and ESP8266.

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Thanks a lot! That is a beginning of a new era for PlatformIO. Stay tuned with us on Twitter for the further news.

Can you now debug ESP32 using J-Link? Which debugger/IDE do you use?

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Yes, I use VisualGDB to debug ESP chips with J-Link and Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-H. These examples show the Olimex but the Segger works as well. I have both so I can go either way.
https://visualgdb.com/tutorials/esp8266/openocd/
https://visualgdb.com/tutorials/esp32/
This is an example from GoJimmyPi on using the Segger
https://gojimmypi.blogspot.com/2017/02/esp8266-jtag-debugging-in-visual-studiosegger.html

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Hi @theflyingzephyr! Have you tried GDBStub debugging over UART with ESP8266?

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I wanted to check if this is planned to be released soon as a stable version, or if I need to start using the dev version of PlatformIO IDE in order to use this feature in the near future.

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The next PIO IDE 2.0.0.beta.3 is planned for release tomorrow. It will support PIO Unified Debug from a box.

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Awesome, I have been subscribing to Plus for several months, but finally on a project that I can use it on. Debugging would be a big bonus.

Thanks!

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Could you try it now? Would be thankful for a feedback!

See the first post at the top and “How to try the PIO Unified Debugger?” section for the further instructions.

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@ivankravets Congratulations for this nice debugging tool! I’ve just tested it against the LaunchPad TM4C123.

Some questions:

  • How to define a breakpoint? The only way I’ve found was to call the contextual menu.
  • How to define a conditional breakpoint? This is a critical feature when debugging large projects.
  • How to store the breakpoints for later reuse?

Thank you!

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Thank you! :blush:

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You can define initial breakpoints per specific project environments. Also, you can have more than 1 build environment with different debugging settings.

Please see examples here GDB Conditional Breakpoints - C & C++ Programming Blog | Faye Williams | Hampshire UK

You have 2 options:

  • Define conditional breakpoints in platformio.ini. They will be loaded when a debugging session starts.
  • “Menu: PlatformIO > Debug > Toggle Debugger Console” and add custom breakpoints
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Thank you for the answers. My hope is both procedures would be included in PlatformIO GUI.

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We have a feature request for that Remember breakpoints per project ¡ Issue #1 ¡ platformio/platformio-atom-ide-debugger ¡ GitHub

Nevertheless, PIO Unified Debugger is universal, it isn’t linked with PIO IDE for Atom and could be integrated with other IDEs, including Eclipse, VSCode, or even VIM/Emacs, etc. We will update our docs later and explain how to do that.

Also, with PIO IDE for Atom, you can debug simultaneously more than 1 target. It could be achieved via different [env:***] in platformio.ini. Here is the question: from the which instance need to remember the last breakpoints?

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Also, with PIO IDE for Atom, you can debug simultaneously more than 1 target. It could be achieved via different [env:***] in platformio.ini. Here is the question: from the which instance need to remember the last breakpoints?

Not easy to answer.

Remembering the last breakpoints should be an option.

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Thanks, we will implement this feature as soon as possible.

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Ardunio SAMD21G18 with Atmel ICE as debugger ?

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PlatformIO IDE Debugger for Atom v1.2.0 is out! Please update it, now we remember all breakpoints per project.

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Windows

Yes I use platform io to program. Adafruit M0

Atmel ICE

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Here is a link to the Debugger: