VS Arduino - STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe

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Natsuki-chan Junior Member Offline Posts: 25 Joined: Jan 18^th, 2017	STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 2:14pm	Print Post
	Hello all, I'm trying to debug a STM32 using a Baite ST-Link converted to a Black Magic Probe but I can't figure out how to debug it. I can build and upload sketches and I can debug using the command line, but that is not really efficient. I already looked up how to enable debugging but that is with OpenOCD which I don't need since a BMP already includes a GDB server. How can I enable debugging without OpenOCD. The STM32 core I use is https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32 Visual Micro version: 1807.8.0 Visual Micro GDB version: 15.170821.1 Visual Studio version: 15.7.5 MI-debugger is installed


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12201 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 2:43pm	Print Post
	Hi GDB is beta and might be difficult to make work. The usb debugger should work out of the box and provide unlimited (only by memory) breakpoints but it's not like a live view. There will be a new gdb system over the next few months after we drop support for vs2012 and 2013 which prevent a simple and good solution. If you want to try it the "vMicro>Help>Gdb" goes here https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Install-Arduino-GDB-for-Visual-Studio.aspx You need to install the Visual Micro Arduino GDB extension from the gallery which works alongside visual micro. 3rd party hardware additions https://www.visualmicro.com/post/2016/01/17/3rd-Party-Hardware-GDB-Configuration... Gdb logs should end up below the project_folder\debug or \release folder


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Natsuki-chan Junior Member Offline Posts: 25 Joined: Jan 18^th, 2017	Re: STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 2:54pm	Print Post
	Hi, As stated in my post I already have it installed and know how to enable it. I also get debug logs. But since you stated that the GDB implementation will change I will wait. Will the new version support a Black Magic Probe or is development not far enough to say that it will work.


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12201 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe Reply #3 - Jul 23^rd, 2018 at 3:01pm	Print Post
	Oh sorry I missed that. You don;t need to define the openocd parts in the example and can use a local board.txt instead of platform.txt for testing. Just remember to click save when changing a local board.txt because VS auto saves text files after the build process completes. https://www.visualmicro.com/post/2016/01/17/3rd-Party-Hardware-GDB-Configuration...


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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2807 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: STM32F103 debugging with Black Magic Probe Reply #4 - Aug 21^st, 2019 at 10:48am	Print Post
	vMicro now supports a range of additional hardware debuggers out of the box - including the BMP for the STM32 platform as needed here. STM32 Debugging: https://www.visualmicro.com/page/STM32-Debugging.aspx Debugger List: https://www.visualmicro.com/page/DebuggerSupportList.aspx


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