Troubleshooting GDB Break-in Problems
This page provides troubleshooting instructions for issues with the GDB break-in mechanism. If the break-in mechanism is not working, you
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Embedded/Live Code Coverage
This page describes the Code Coverage support for embedded projects. Contents Overview Implementation Code Coverage Reports Live Coverage Differential Coverage
Read moreLinux Debugger Settings
This page explains various debug settings of Linux-based projects. You can configure these settings via VisualGDB Project Properties -> Debug
Read morePreparing PicoSDK projects for PIO debugging
This page describes the changes that need to be applied to the Raspberry Pi Pico SDK project in order to
Read moreUsing OpenOCD with VisualGDB
OpenOCD is an open-source tool that provides support for many inexpensive JTAG/SWD debuggers that don’t come with their own software.
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This page explains how to prepare the Raspberry Pi Pico for debugging via SWD. Note that the on-board FLASH memory
Read moreStack and Heap Layout of Embedded Projects
Embedded projects developed with the C/C++ languages use 3 different memory regions to store the variables: Global Variables declared outside
Read moreImporting MSBuild Property Sheets
VisualGDB supports importing variables from MSBuild property sheets, so that they can be used anywhere throughout VisualGDB Project Properties. This
Read moreFalse Positives from Antivirus Software
Many consumer-oriented antivirus products consider various low-level functionality (e.g. sharing memory between processes) suspicious. They typically have manual exceptions for
Read moreSynchronizing Sysroot
In order to speed up building of projects for relatively slow devices, VisualGDB supports using cross-toolchains. A cross-toolchain runs on
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