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Hi,

Sure, this is already supported. You can use the Debug->Windows->Hardware Registers window, locate the appropriate pin status register (see the device datasheet for the exact name) and turn on the live mode for it (lightning bolt icon). You can also flag several similar registers as favorite, so you can quickly view their realtime values without having to locate each one individually.

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Hi,

Looks like VisualGDB fails to generate BSP.cmake due to some error with the gpdsc file:

VisualGDB found an error: Файл ‘C:\Users\user\mySpace\workspace\_superior\stm32Project\firmware\TestFirmware\TestFirmware.gpdsc’ РЅРµ найден.

Please double-check the error message on your computer. If it’s still unreadable, please consider changing the message language to English via environment.

[support]

Hi,

The regular C++ cast expressions should work just fine. Either way, VisualGDB passes the watch expressions directly to GDB (you can achieve the same result by running “print <expression>” in the GDB Session window and check the GDB documentation for the supported syntax.

[support]

Hi,

VisualGDB passes the file name and arguments directly to ProcessStartInfo, so the behavior regarding path, etc is defined by it. You can try calling this function directly with different combinations of parameters to see what works the best.

[support]

Hi,

You can try building it with Arduino IDE. If the build time is the same on the same machine for the same project, it is not something VisualGDB can fix. If the build time is considerably different, we can help you track it down.

[support]

Hi,

Thanks for the detailed feedback. We have addressed most of the issues in this build: VisualGDB-6.0.107.5295.msi. Specifically:

1. We have added a checkbox for relocating the project file to the imported project’s directory, similar to imported STM32Cube/IAR/Keil projects. It is located under the import mode selection switches.
2. The device selection tab is needed because many parts of VisualGDB (debug engine, tracing engine, live memory engine, etc) can enable various optimizations if the device type is known. You don’t strictly need to set it and can proceed with the empty “manual” mode or pick any similar device, but you may end up needing to manually fine-tune debugging or configure other parts of VisualGDB.
3. The CMake binary is pre-loaded based on other settings from the previous page (e.g. whether you are building it remotely). We could theoretically add logic for checking whether these settings got changed after changing the CMake path, but given that the non-default paths are used rarely, going back and forth through the pages is also not very common, and the workaround is trivial, we would rather not add any additional complexity to that part.
4. There was indeed a bug with the CMake presets. Importing a preset without a build directory would show a rather generic error message, and if you configured the directory manually, it would not be applied until you reopen the project. We have fixed both issues: instead of the generic message, VisualGDB now clearly asks if you want to review/adjust the presets (where the missing value is immediately highlighted), and the changes are properly applied without having to reopen the project.

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Hi,

Thanks for the screenshots. With the variable values it looks like conflict between the bootloader symbols and application symbols (both have the same variable defined at different places). We have added another step to the application tutorial showing how to avoid it by disabling bootloader symbols and debugging only the application.

The second error is caused by a workaround that is no longer required with the latest GCC. We have fixed it in our development branch, and you can apply it on your side by removing these lines from %VISUALGDB_DIR%\gcc_compat.h:

#ifdef __ARM_EABI__
#define __LDREXW(expr) *(expr)
#define __STREXW(expr, val) expr
#endif

[support]

Hi,

This probably happened because the project was created when the BSP was installed in the single version mode. Then the BSP got switched to the multi-version mode via VisualGDB Package Manager, that resulted in moving the files to the version subfolder.

If you are using GNU Make or MSBuild, the .vcxproj file has to explicitly reference the exact sources from the BSP, so you would need to update it via VisualGDB Project Properties -> Embedded Project -> Regenerate MCU Files. CMake-based projects just reference the BSP version and compute all paths dynamically, so they don’t need any changes.

[support]

Sorry, doesn’t look like any known issue. Please consider attaching a screenshot illustrating the problem along with the GDB log.

[support]

Hi,

You can try reporting it to ST. Our packages are directly based on their SDKs, so any fixes they make in the subsequent versions will be automatically included in our BSPs as well.

[support]

Hi,

OK, good news! ST has finally released the source code for the STM32H7R/S support in OpenOCD, so we merged it with our fork, enabling faster Live Memory and other features on these devices.

We have also published an updated BSP that includes the external memory manager and a few other STM32H7R/S-specific libraries as easy-to-use frameworks.

We have published a tutorial on a bootloader project and another one for the main application. Programming the latter requires installing the STM32CubeProgrammer tool, however now that OpenOCD support is properly merged, you can try creating an OpenOCD plugin for the external memory if you want to avoid external dependencies (we may eventually publish another tutorial on that, but not currently).

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@arrow201,

This is caused by 2 issues with the latest ESP32 Arduino package:

• One of the zip files from the latest package uses a slightly unconventional header format that causes problems with some zip libraries. We have already patched our logic handling it and will include it in the next maintenance release. For now, you can use Arduino IDE to install the problematic packages. VisualGDB will work with them just fine.
• Another zip file has several files with very long paths (e.g. esp32\tools\esp32-arduino-libs\idf-release_v5.3-cfea4f7c-v1\esp32\include\espressif__esp_matter\connectedhomeip\connectedhomeip\src\app\clusters\boolean-state-configuration-server\boolean-state-configuration-delegate.h). Depending on where you install it, it may or may not trigger the “path too long error”. Arduino IDE uses a workaround to bypass the limit while unpacking, but if you try including these headers from your sketch, they won’t work because GCC does not bypass the limit.

Issues like this are common for Arduino packages, they are often hard to reproduce (e.g. because the path error depends on the library location, that in turn depends on your username), and are often fixed by package vendors in subsequent releases. So, whenever someone runs into issues with Arduino, ESP32, or any other framework not maintained by us, we ask for 2 things:

1. To make sure that the project works outside VisualGDB. E.g. if you try including boolean-state-configuration-delegate.h from your sketch, it won’t work with the Arduino IDE and it won’t work with VisualGDB either.
   
2. If the project works outside VisualGDB, we ask for a license with an active technical support because if we do end up adding a workaround, we won’t be backporting the fix to older VisualGDB versions that were released before the package in question.

When you reported in the other thread that installing the package with Arudino IDE works, we rechecked the installation logic and patched the zip extractor, but in many other cases the Arduino IDE would show exactly the same error, and there won’t be anything to patch on the VisualGDB side.

[support]

Thanks for letting us know. We will keep an eye on it and will consider investigating it if other users with active licenses confirm the issue.

[support]

It looks like your technical support period has expired. We would be happy to help you, however we would kindly ask you to renew your technical support on the following page first: https://sysprogs.com/splm/mykey

[support]

Does the STM32WB55 tracing work with Segger Ozone? If yes, please attach a screenshot of the functionality you are looking for, and we will advise whether VisualGDB supports it.

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