Save Watch Variables to a File

You can use the EValuate command to write into a log file...

say you have

    unsigned int    i_see_dead_people
    unsigned char   str[ 10 ];

And you want to record them...

log >C:\Myval.TXT
EValuate i_see_dead_people
0x000A 10
EV str[0]
0x52 82
EV str[1]
0x6F 110
log off

But the "Myval.TXT" file will only contain the numeric value ("0x000A 10"), and not the command you had entered ("EVALuate i_see_dead_people").

You could use the Display command instead (but you will have to manually specify the size):

D i_see_dead_people, i_see_dead_people+1
D:0x00 7A 03

But that can be tedious, so creating a 'batch file' with the needed DISPLAY commands and then including it and have that file generate the data for you:

 The contents to the ReadMyVals.INI file 
LOG >C:\MyVals.TXT
D i_see_dead_people, i_see_dead_people+1
D str, str[10]
LOG OFF

Then in the uVision command line enter:
>INCLUDE ReadMyVals.ini

(even the "D str, str[10]" command is now in the output file)

By becoming familiar with the command set that uVision has (or any Emulator/Simulator), you can create some fairly powerful tool sets.

During "Formal Qualification Testing" (FQT) of embedded software, there is often a need to capture the output of the data-stores in order to prove the validity of a function (e.g. "to document acquisition parameters.").

Once these type of test benches have been approved, you can automate the testing processes.

I've used these "INCLUDE" type batch files many times over. You can execute code up to a point ("g,Compute_What_Women_Want"), then modify the function's input data ("Flowers"), run the algorithm, and then write the output of the algorithm into a log file.

Then transfer that output file to the pre-approved/pre-qualified software for analysis to either tell you a PASS/FAIL, or some other qualifying criteria.

--Cpt. Vince Foster
2nd Cannon Place
Fort Marcy Park, VA

You can use the EValuate command to write into a log file...

say you have

    unsigned int    i_see_dead_people
    unsigned char   str[ 10 ];

And you want to record them...

log >C:\Myval.TXT
EValuate i_see_dead_people
0x000A 10
EV str[0]
0x52 82
EV str[1]
0x6F 110
log off

But the "Myval.TXT" file will only contain the numeric value ("0x000A 10"), and not the command you had entered ("EVALuate i_see_dead_people").

You could use the Display command instead (but you will have to manually specify the size):

D i_see_dead_people, i_see_dead_people+1
D:0x00 7A 03

But that can be tedious, so creating a 'batch file' with the needed DISPLAY commands and then including it and have that file generate the data for you:

 The contents to the ReadMyVals.INI file 
LOG >C:\MyVals.TXT
D i_see_dead_people, i_see_dead_people+1
D str, str[10]
LOG OFF

Then in the uVision command line enter:
>INCLUDE ReadMyVals.ini

(even the "D str, str[10]" command is now in the output file)

By becoming familiar with the command set that uVision has (or any Emulator/Simulator), you can create some fairly powerful tool sets.

During "Formal Qualification Testing" (FQT) of embedded software, there is often a need to capture the output of the data-stores in order to prove the validity of a function (e.g. "to document acquisition parameters.").

Once these type of test benches have been approved, you can automate the testing processes.

I've used these "INCLUDE" type batch files many times over. You can execute code up to a point ("g,Compute_What_Women_Want"), then modify the function's input data ("Flowers"), run the algorithm, and then write the output of the algorithm into a log file.

Then transfer that output file to the pre-approved/pre-qualified software for analysis to either tell you a PASS/FAIL, or some other qualifying criteria.

--Cpt. Vince Foster
2nd Cannon Place
Fort Marcy Park, VA

Thanks very much!

The use of the log and EVALuate commands are very usefull!