VS Arduino - RP2040 debug

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RP2040 debug (Read 689 times)

FrankieM Newbies Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2023	RP2040 debug Dec 5^th, 2023 at 8:55am	Print Post
	Hi, I'm trying to debug a program with RP2040 and a pico-debug [re-flashed 1.03]. Debugging from 'start debugging' play button doesn't work, it launches but seems to stick at an odd bit of code- i.e. wire library. Debugging by programming and then 'attach to process' sort of works but runs to the first breakpoint in loop. - it neither stops at the beginning of loop or breaks on any breakpoint in setup. - if I set a breakpoint in a function and the break seems to happen elsewhere in a different function. What's going wrong ???

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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2193 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #1 - Dec 5^th, 2023 at 12:28pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the report and the logging information. If you add a Local board.txt to your project (vMicro > Add Code > Add Local board.txt) and paste in the contents of the below file, does this help with landing on breakpoints in loop(), and any other functions you have set?

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FrankieM Newbies Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2023	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #2 - Dec 5^th, 2023 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	Hi, it seems to have improved the 'start debugging' play button - it now operates the same as attach to process. There is a breakpoint in setup which isn't hit, it seems to be breaking and automatically restarting in line 96 [the actual breakpoint is in line 90] and eventually hits the breakpoint in 201.

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charlesgrayyy Newbies Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Dec 13^th, 2023	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #3 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 11:53am	Print Post
	smash karts FrankieM wrote on Dec 5^th, 2023 at 8:55am: Hi, I'm trying to debug a program with RP2040 and a pico-debug [re-flashed 1.03]. Debugging from 'start debugging' play button doesn't work, it launches but seems to stick at an odd bit of code- i.e. wire library. Debugging by programming and then 'attach to process' sort of works but runs to the first breakpoint in loop. - it neither stops at the beginning of loop or breaks on any breakpoint in setup. - if I set a breakpoint in a function and the break seems to happen elsewhere in a different function. What's going wrong ??? You can watch this video to get instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnC5LrTx470&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2F...
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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2193 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #4 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 12:04pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the link, however that video shows VSCode which is a different product and will use different packages to configure and run the debugging. This forum and thread is only for Visual Micro in Visual Studio.


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FrankieM Newbies Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2023	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #5 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 12:17pm	Print Post
	Hi Simon, is there anything else I can try ? Is it worth uninstalling and re-installing VS &/ VM ?


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Simon@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 2193 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2019	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #6 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 1:04pm	Print Post
	Can you try adding a delay at the very top of setup() (e.g. delay(5000)), and then use the Start button again? This seems to allow the debugger to connect before the delay has finished, so you should be able to debug the code within setup.


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FrankieM Newbies Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2023	Re: RP2040 debug Reply #7 - Dec 14^th, 2023 at 12:08pm	Print Post
	Hi, thank you for your support, adding the delay worked !


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