Firmware debugging tools that can solve your bugs quickly

We all like a challenge, but when it comes to solving our firmware bugs, we would prefer to get to the root cause quickly. Tools that are too difficult to use, require your embedded device to halt operation, or provide too much information for you to wade through are often not worth the investment of time.

With the ACTIVE-Pro from ACTIVE Firmware Tools, getting out the information you need for resolving a bug is as simple as adding a debug output statement in your firmware. Then when you run your device, that debug information is captured and displayed to show you not only the contents of your debug message but also the detailed timing of when it occurred.

Just as adding a simple printf statement to output a variable value, the ACTIVE-Pro can capture this critical information and display it relative to other debug outputs, digital and analog signal levels, and communication bus packets. This gives you the complete picture of your device’s operation with very minimal effort. The ACTIVE-Pro user interface is fully automated for every trace so that it is not required to set up the capture at all.

This reduces the debug cycle to:

1) add a debug output line of code

2) Press capture on the ACTIVE-Pro program

3) View the detailed contents and timing as your device runs in real time.

The ACTIVE-Pro allows output of textual data as well as value information which is graphed over time. This lets you debug firmware states, variables, and complete operation with very quick debug cycles, giving you your answers as quickly as possible.

Happy Debugging!!