I am quite satisfied with simple breakpoints. :) On
the PC most development involves print lines but
debuggers helps plenty at hardware level programming.

John


--- Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com>
wrote:

> Vasile Surducan wrote:
> 
> > [...] and if there is a real benefit in using ICE
> (as a real emulator)
> > instead of ICD2. 
> 
> In general, an ICE has a few advantages compared to
> something like an ICD2.
> How extensive the advantages are depends a lot on
> the specific features. 
> 
> One thing I liked when working with an ICE (it's
> been a while :) is
> execution history. When you hit a breakpoint, you
> can see how it got there.
> This can help a lot. Another thing are more complex
> breakpoint conditions:
> want to see whether a certain data gets changed in a
> certain piece of code?
> Just combine a data write to an address range with
> an execution pointer
> range. (This feature is very different among
> different ICEs.)
> 
> Gerhard
> 
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