Debugging embedded systems implemented in C

Abstract

The programming language C is by far the most popular language for implementing embedded real-time systems. Todayfs developers require state-of-the-art tools that assist with the difficult task of developing, testing and maintaining these systems. The dominant tool in this toolbox is a high-level symbolic debugger for the language C. This article describes the initial release of dbgx, a C high-level language symbolic debugger that is an integral part of RTS-C, a C Cross Compiler development environment for the 16-bit family of RTX microcontrollers from Harris Semiconductor. dbgx is a powerful and ‘intuitive’ tool, around which the RTS-C develo~ment environment is built. It in this paper.