Preface

About this book

RealView Debugger provides a powerful tool for debugging and managing software projects. This book contains:

an introduction to the software components that make up RealView Debugger

a tutorial to create a project and build an executable image

a step-by-step guide to getting started, making a connection to a target, and loading an image to start a debugging session

details about ending a debugging session

a description of the RealView Debugger desktop

a glossary of terms for users new to RealView Debugger.

Intended audience

This book is written for developers who are using RealView Debugger to manage ARM-targeted development projects. It assumes that you are an experienced software developer, and that you are familiar with the ARM development tools. It does not assume that you are familiar with RealView Debugger.

Using this book

This book is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 About RealView Debugger

Read this chapter for an introduction to RealView Debugger. This chapter describes the underlying debugger concepts and explains terminology used in the rest of this book and the documentation suite.

Chapter 2 Features of RealView Debugger

Read this chapter for a description of the features of RealView Debugger, including details about those that are new in RealView Debugger v1.6.

Chapter 3 Getting Started with RealView Debugger

This chapter explains how to begin using RealView Debugger for the first time. This describes how to start RealView Debugger, make a connection, and load an image ready to start debugging.

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