Texas Instruments MSP50C614 manual ±19. Program Window

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Software Emulator

being run in emulation mode. STK field is the depth of the stack. The emulator keeps track of number of calls and returns and changes this variable accordingly. CUR field is the current subroutine name. In C±± programs it becomes very handy to display local variables of a subroutine. C±±

Figure 5±19. Program Window

Program Window : The program window displays program instructions, comments, preprocessor text, and program memory location. The project must be built (or made) to view the instructions on the program window. If the program is not properly built, the emulator displays error message and launches the PFE.EXE editor to correct the error. The programmer should fix the errors, save the new file, and try to rebuild again.

The text in program window is displayed in a different color. Instructions are displayed as black text. Comments are always displayed as green text. Preprocessor text is displayed as comments. The current instruction pointed by program counter is displayed as text with yellow background. This highlight forwards as you step through the code. Lines containing software breakpoints are displayed in red. To set a software breakpoint, just click the right mouse button over the line you want to break. Only program lines that are not in a gray area can contain breakpoints. To remove a breakpoint, click the right mouse button over the line containing the breakpoint to be removed. Texts with cyan

Code Development Tools

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Texas Instruments MSP50C614 manual ±19. Program Window