On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:54:23 -0800, Albert Lee Mitchell wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:40:55 +0000, Bob Stephens wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:31:53 -0800, Albert Lee Mitchell wrote:
>> 
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>> 
>> I debug C the same way I debug assembler or anything else. By writing debug
>> code. I also like to generate "life noises" like toggling a port bit on
>> entry to an ISR saying " I made it this far", also squirting out diagnostic
>> messages to a serial port.
>> 
>> Bob
> 
> 	That's not unsimilar to our methodology except we use the same code as
> the finished job will, not test code.  Using the serial port for
> diagnostic messages has a major impact on execution speed which I very
> much wish to avoid.
> 
> 	Without running the same code at the same speed you're not really
> exercising the final product.
>  
> -- Regards, Albert
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Yes I agree. I was talking about debugging in the very preliminary stages
where you're not even sure if the oscillator is clocking the chip properly.

Bob