Byron A Jeff wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 09:46:02PM -0700, Bob Axtell wrote:
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>>I think it would be very helpful to write a bootloader
>>and a debugger built in. I especially like Wouter's
>>bootloader.
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>>I can't write it, but it would be nice for it to be able to
>>look at any register contents in any bank, change any
>>register,  perhaps  do a pseudo-breakpoint in main
>>code then spit out W, status register, and others.
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>It would be real costly in code space. I instrument my
>application with the dumping of variables of interest.
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why would it be bigger than Microchip's ICD2 codespace, which is
only 256 words? My bootloader/updater for LF88 is only 180 words.

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>>This is how I debugged my HD64180, Z80, I8051
>>code before PICs came along.
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>I think another advance is the solid progress that
>simulators have made. Lots of debugging can be done without
>loading into a real chip at all.
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I agree. MPLAB 7+ running under Win2K is an awesome simulator. I
can solve 95% of all code in this way.

--Bob

>BAJ
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