This repository contains a few macros that can help debugging Arduino sketches. The repo was written with Visual Studio Code, so its structure follows the VSC organization. In particular, the code is in the src folder. A short post describing the macros is available: https://folk.uio.no/jeanra/Microelectronics/DebugMacros.html
The macros are defined in the src/DebugMacros.h header. In addition, a few parameters must be set in the src/Parameters.h header. For more details, see the corresponding files.
An example of how to use the macros is presented in the src/src.ino sketch.
The macros are using the f() macro as much as possible, to use flash rather than RAM. The macros are the following:
- DEBINIT : Init the deb macros: open the corresponding serial port at the right baud rate.
- DEBPSTATUS : Print the debug status: when was compiled, which serial used for debug.
- DEBPMSG(msg) : print msg.
- DEBPVAR(var) : print var.
- DEBPWHERE : print information about where in the code this is.
- DEBPMACRO(MACRO) : print the content of MACRO.
In addition, you will need to set at least the following macro parameters in Parameters.h:
- DEBUG_SERIAL : which serial port to use for debugging.
- DEBUG_BAUDRATE : the debugging port baudrate.