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Debugging with PlatformIO: Part 1. Back to the Basics

Debugging is an inseparable part of the development process. People make mistakes, so our code doesn’t do what we expect once in a while. Often such problems happen at the worst possible time. That’s why it’s a good idea to master debugging techniques and skills to more precisely isolate the source code of a problem and fix it in a timely manner.
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval
Debugging with PlatformIO: Part 2. Debugging an Embedded Target

Debugging with PlatformIO: Part 2. Debugging an Embedded Target

This part aims at providing a brief overview of how debugging of an embedded system works behind the scenes and what advanced instruments may be helpful for efficient debugging.
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Debugging with PlatformIO: Part 1. Back to the Basics

Debugging with PlatformIO: Part 1. Back to the Basics

Debugging is an inseparable part of the development process. The first part provides a brief introduction to the debugging concept and covers the basics of debugging process used in the PlatformIO IDE for VSCode.
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 3. Continuous Integration and Remote Testing

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 3. Continuous Integration and Remote Testing

Introduction to PlatformIO Remote Development Solution for collecting test results from an embedded device remotely
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 2. Running tests on an embedded target

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 2. Running tests on an embedded target

The second article in the series that covers creating a convenient testing environment for embedded development
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 1. The Basics

Unit Testing with PlatformIO: Part 1. The Basics

This article is the beginning of a series that concentrates on creating a convenient environment with unit testing support
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Analyze your firmware footprint with PlatformIO: Part 2. Project Inspector

Analyze your firmware footprint with PlatformIO: Part 2. Project Inspector

Have you ever wondered how the linker is assigning physical memory, where your code is placed in Flash, or how much RAM is used by an OS or peripheral drivers?
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Analyze your firmware footprint with PlatformIO: Part 1. Intro and basic analysis

Analyze your firmware footprint with PlatformIO: Part 1. Intro and basic analysis

The first part of a series on memory analysis in the PlatformIO ecosystem
Valerii Koval
Valerii Koval

Next-generation IDE for decades, not years

Next-generation IDE for decades, not years

An IDE that is ready for unpredictable changes in the market such as when one editor goes into the history books and a much better one replaces it
Ivan Kravets
Ivan Kravets

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