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• Learn about:

  • Introduction to setting and using breakpoints

• Learn how to:

  • Setting breakpoints

• Get reference information about the Breakpoints Usage window, see below the line.

The Breakpoint Usage window is available from the menu specific to the C-SPY driver you are using.

This window lists all breakpoints currently set in the target system, both the ones you have defined and the ones used internally by C-SPY. The format of the items in this window depends on the C-SPY driver you are using.

The window gives a low-level view of all breakpoints, related but not identical to the list of breakpoints displayed in the Breakpoints window.

C-SPY uses breakpoints when stepping. If your target system has a limited number of hardware breakpoints, exceeding the number of available hardware breakpoints will cause the debugger to single step. This will significantly reduce the execution speed. Therefore, in a debugger system with a limited amount of hardware breakpoints, you can use the Breakpoint Usage window for:

For more information, see Breakpoints in the C-SPY hardware debugger drivers.