Practice Debugging and Tracing - 3.6.2 | 3. The ARM Cortex-M0 Processor Architecture: Part 2 | System on Chip
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a breakpoint?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can pause a movie.

Question 2

Easy

Why is debugging important?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens if there are bugs in your favorite software.

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Question 1

What does the Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interface allow developers to do?

  • Compile code
  • Real-time debugging
  • Change hardware settings

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can track what happens while your program runs.

Question 2

True or False: Instrumented Trace only helps in gathering data post-execution.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider if tracking something while it's happening is possible.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens in a robotics application and how immediate feedback can affect performance.

Question 2

Given a sample code snippet with a known bug, develop a strategy for using breakpoints and Instrumented Trace to identify and resolve the issue.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Visualize the flow of the program and how you can pause to check the state at critical moments.

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