Draft version of deck for PyCon 2015 (not accepted yet) Using Python for debugging embedded systems

1. PYTHON FOR DEBUGGING
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
SRIRAM V IYER

2. A CONSOLE BASED DEBUGGER, TO COLLECT, ANALYZE AND VISUALIZE DATA FROM EMBEDDED
PROCESSORS IN

3. ARCHITECTURE
KEY COMPONENTS AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS COMPONENTS

4. Embedded Target
is connected
using USB / SDIO
/ Ethernet etc.

5. STARTING A REPRESENTATIVE DEBUGGER

7. BASIC COMMANDS

8. BASIC COMMANDS
• r, re, rdm – READ Commands
• w, wrm – WRITE Commands
• d, dmem – Block READ Commands

10. IN-BUILT HELP ARCHITECTURE AND COMMAND,
COMMAND EXECUTION ARCHITECTURE

11. ADVANCED COMMANDS
DECODESTRUCT, PARSELOG

12. ADVANCED COMMANDS
• parselog, pladdr– Time Lapse view of content
• decodestruct, dsaddr – Decode a variable or memory location as a structure
• msg – Create MSCs
• lambdas – Create your own fancy functions
• slog – Smart logging
• Multi-Core support (Ongoing)

14. AUTOMATING AND CONFIGURING
BAT, SLOG, MACROS

15. AUTOMATION COMMANDS
• macros – Create Shortcuts for your favorite commands
• bat – Batch processing of multiple commands