| ??? 02/14/12 04:37 Read: times |
#185916 - I still think it 6 one way and half-a-dozen the other Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Andy Neil said:
Richard Erlacher said:
WHAT, exactly, is a hobbyist likely to gain from built-in debug features? See: http://www.8052.com/forum/read/185903 It is a significant advantage having those features, but, if he's trying to learn about the 805x series, he's already plowing up new ground, and learning the debug features and their use may not be as much an advantage to him as it is to an experienced user/programmer. In this particular case, he has already been using Keil's simulator; using the on-chip debug is identical - there's nothing new to learn. I have to give you that one! If he knows his MCU, then learning the way to debug using JTAG or other built-in methodology is much less a burden. On the contrary, using a "classic" debug monitor - and getting to understand its requirements & limitations - would be a significant learning curve!
I'm not sure I can give you that last one, Andy. Now, I've used monitors for several decades, and have got to admit, I am comfortable with 'em. There aren't that many ways in which they can do their job, however, and, therefore, most of 'em are pretty similar, though the syntax varies widely. It took me about 10 minutes to figure out what I needed to do to effect useful work with ULTRAMON51, and most of those 10 minutes were spent looking for the command table in the rather extensive documentation. If I'd left it on the computer, I could have searched. However, you still have to know what the table is called. RE |
