Re: Debugging: Am I a dreamer. . . ?

Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:
Anyway, here's the dream I had in my head, which may or may not be a
pipe dream:

Rip-van-winkle ?

You know the PIC16F684 chip that costs less than a dollar, well
what if they brought out the debug version of it (that costs maybe 20
dollars). The debug version would fit perfectly into the normal chip
slot, except that it would have some sort of socket on the top of it
for hooking it to a PC for doing stuff like printf's, and also maybe
for running a full debugger that will let you check variables' values?

Yup, that could work, only now you have TWO different die, and
the one you debug with, is not the one you ship......
Spot the problem here ?.

Imagine that sub $1 part, with a built-in debug channel, so you can
plug into the USB on the PC, and single step, view registers, etc ?
Now, you debug using the silicon you ship. That's smart.



Wait! - someone already has this, and for under $20!
Pick any off this list

http://www2.silabs.com/tgwWebApp/public/web_content/products/Microcontrollers/en/USBToolStick.htm

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