µC/Probe is a Microsoft Windows™ based application that enables the user to visualize variables in a target at run time. Specifically, you can display or change the value of any variable in a system while the target is running. These variables can be displayed using such graphical elements as gauges, meters, bar graphs, virtual LEDs, numeric indicators, and many more. Sliders, switches, and buttons can be used to change variables. This is accomplished without the user having to write a single line of code!
µC/Probe interfaces to any target (8-, 16-, 32-, 64-bit, or even DSPs) through one of the many interfaces supported (J-Tag, RS-232C, USB, Ethernet, etc.). µC/Probe displays or changes any variable (as long as they are global) in the application, including µC/OS-III’s internal variables.
µC/Probe works with any compiler/assembler/linker able to generate an ELF/DWARF or IEEE695 file. This is the exact same file that the user will download to the evaluation board or a final target. From this file, µC/Probe is able to extract symbolic information about variables, and determine where variables are stored in RAM or ROM.
µC/Probe also allows users to log the data displayed into a file for analysis of the collected data at a later time. µC/Probe also provides µC/OS-III kernel awareness as a built-in feature.
The trial version that accompanies the book is limited to the display or change of up to eight (8) variables.
µC/Probe is a tool that serious embedded software engineers should have in their toolbox. The full version of µC/Probe is available from Micriµm, see www.micrium.com for more details.