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Re: legOS corruption
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:13:54 GMT
Original-From: 
Fred Read <fred@corp.netcom.net.*stopspammers*uk>
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Ralph Hempel wrote:
> I do embedded systems WITHOUT a logic analyser. You can do about
> 99% of what you need to with a monitor and an oscilloscope. The
> logic analyser (or emulator) is the big gun for the really nasty
> bugs.

Agree with you totally there!

However, I have always found it useful to have a debugging version
of the kernel which allows you to use something like gdb to debug
your embedded system through a serial port.

> My own policy on embedded development is to pick one or two
> processors and get to know them inside out. Then you can better
> estimate the time required to do something because you have
> some history.

Sadly, the last embedded system I worked on was a TMS9900 some
years back - it was interesting though, 1200bps mains FM comms,
UART emulation, software modem, embedded control language etc.

> Sorry for the off topic post. Comments anyone - and lets's not start
> a big Mac/PC type flame war, let's trade horror stories instead :-)

Likewise but, sometimes, nostalgia overtakes me...
--

If it ain't opinionated, it ain't Rich Teer.



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  Re: legOS corruption
 
Fred Read wrote in message <365EA592.62DE2792@c...net.uk>... (...) That's what I meant by monitor - sorry I wasn't more clear... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why (...) (28 years ago, 27-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: legOS corruption
 
(...) Yeah, yeah. I'm sure we've all got "I debugged that with no more than an LED and 3 inches of wire" stories, but only a fool would spurn a logic analyser when it was available. Cheers, Ben. (28 years ago, 28-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: legOS corruption
 
Ben Laurie wrote in message <365E93F5.63ABFE6B@a....co.uk>... (...) I do embedded systems WITHOUT a logic analyser. You can do about 99% of what you need to with a monitor and an oscilloscope. The logic analyser (or emulator) is the big gun for the (...) (28 years ago, 27-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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