Practice - Debugging and Tracing
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Practice Questions
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What is a breakpoint?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can pause a movie.
Why is debugging important?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens if there are bugs in your favorite software.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does the Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interface allow developers to do?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can track what happens while your program runs.
True or False: Instrumented Trace only helps in gathering data post-execution.
💡 Hint: Consider if tracking something while it's happening is possible.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a small embedded project involving the ARM Cortex-M0 that requires real-time debugging. Outline what debugging features you would use and explain their relevance.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in a robotics application and how immediate feedback can affect performance.
Given a sample code snippet with a known bug, develop a strategy for using breakpoints and Instrumented Trace to identify and resolve the issue.
💡 Hint: Visualize the flow of the program and how you can pause to check the state at critical moments.
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