If you are used to coding with almost any modern tool except the Arduino IDE, you are probably accustomed to having on-chip debugging. Sometimes having that visibility inside the code makes all the ...

Make it a habit to dig deeper and find more information about the issue before starting to debug a non-trivial issue. For example: is this a new problem? If so, starting when? Is this only visible to ...

On various occasions, I’ve received inquiries about how to install and start using WinDbg. For this reason, in this post, I’m going to show you how to configure an environment with WinDbg and virtual ...

Visual Studio provides a rich set of tools for finding bugs, though most developers aren't aware or don't take advantage of all of them. Bugs occur at two stages in a code's life: during development ...

Debugging and testing are core to Python development, ensuring code runs correctly and meets quality standards. Debugging pinpoints and fixes issues, while testing frameworks automate verification to ...

The January 2021 update to the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is out with a short list of new features headed by a data viewer used while debugging. Python for VS Code comes with the Python ...

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Designing robust systems using a high-speed interface like USB Type-C requires a great deal of care. When the interface involves advanced features like USB power delivery, debugging designs becomes ...

It was one of those weeks last week at Hackaday’s home office. My mother-in-law handed me her favorite power bank and said “it’s not charging”. She had every expectation that I’ll open it up, desolder ...

There appears to be an unwritten law about the time spent in debug-it is a constant. It could be that all gains made by improvements in tools and methodologies are offset by increases in complexity, ...