Debugging Firmware with GDB

[discobot]

If I had to choose one significant aspect that I was not aware of before starting my career as a firmware developer, it would be how much time is spent not actually developing, and instead debugging firmware!

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/gdb-for-firmware-1

[kdsch]

Thanks for this concise and useful post, which is actually about much more than debugging, as you show exactly how to set up a development environment. I expect that this will reduce the pain of embedded development for many newcomers.

I’m looking forward to the next post about debugging nRF applications with SoftDevices. Please hurry!

Or if possible, perhaps reply with a few pointers about how to do that.

[mohammad]

Thanks, Karl!

I’m hoping to post the article on debugging SoftDevice-based nRF applications soon. In the meantime, you may want to check out the following links:

• https://github.com/NordicPlayground/j-link-monitoring-mode-debugging/
• https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/9622/application-debug-with-softdevice/35565#35565
• https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/10217/debugging-softdevice-applications-with-gdb

Hope this helps!

-Mohammad

[Cathy.Garrett]

• (gdb) set logging on to stop logging

should be

• (gdb) set logging off to stop logging