降低成本的時(shí)間到市場(chǎng)的專業(yè)嵌入式開(kāi)發(fā)工具

　　而微控制器經(jīng)歷了許多變化，從幾K內(nèi)存簡(jiǎn)單的8位控制器以先進(jìn)的32位控制器，可今天，許多開(kāi)發(fā)商仍然使用古老的工具，阻礙了發(fā)展周期。

　　對(duì)于設(shè)計(jì)師來(lái)說(shuō)，跟上當(dāng)今快節(jié)奏和復(fù)雜的開(kāi)發(fā)環(huán)境，他們需要確保他們有合適的工作工具。他們需要嵌入式工具，使他們能夠監(jiān)視硅，并看到他們的軟件是按照他們期望的方式操作，以及指出錯(cuò)誤或優(yōu)化代碼大小的工具，使他們能夠減少他們的BOM成本。

　　今天有許多可用的工具，可以幫助他們降低整體開(kāi)發(fā)成本，加快調(diào)試過(guò)程，從而更快的上市時(shí)間。本文將介紹一些這些工具，然后觸及如何使用它們的最大利益。

　　Saving time and money with a professional debugger

　　It is very rare for a developer to write a software routine that works on the first try. Software development requires debugging， making the most critical tool in the software developers’ arsenal the debugger. The debugger allows a developer to load an application onto a target microcontroller， step through the code， view memory and other registers， and manipulate the hardware.

　　The problem that many professional developers encounter is that they often use the debuggers that come with their low-cost development boards. These debuggers are convenient， inexpensive and perfect for demonstration. However， when it comes to developing professional software， they might have limitations such as：