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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The entire article: You can do things with a debugger that you can't do with print statements.

[-] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

Why is this linking to what appears to be another link aggregator, rather than what appears to be the original blog post?

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

Now try debugging on a microcontroller with none of that UART stuff Arduino gives you. Print statements? Ha, try debugging by blinking an LED.

[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

LED? Luxury! 😁

I had one board with an improperly loaded power supply and I could tell what it was doing by the pattern and pitch of the squeal.

It did have a debug UART though, but I did come to find the sound pretty useful too!

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Heh, kinda like knowing if your 56Kinda modem got a good connection or not.

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