Instruments – Freescale Semiconductor Microcontrollers User Manual

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Debugger Components

Visualization Utilities

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Instruments

When you first add an instrument, it is in “move mode”. Place it at the desired location on
the workspace. All new instruments are set to their default attributes. To configure an
instrument, right-click on an instrument and choose Properties, or double click on it. All
instruments have the common attributes shown in

Table 3.46

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Table 3.46 Instruments Properties Attributes

Attribute

Description

X-Position

Specifies the X-coordinate of the upper left corner.

Y-Position

Specifies the Y-coordinate of the upper left corner.

Height

Specifies the instruments height.

Width

Specifies the instruments width.

Bounding
Box

Specifies the look of the bounding box.

Available displays are: No Box, Flat (outline only), Raised, Sunken,
Etched, and Shadowed.

Background
color

Defines the color of the instrument’s background. The checkbox enables
to set a color or let the instrument be transparent.

Kind of Port

Specifies the kind of port to be used to get the value to display. The
location must be specified in the Port to Display field.

Port to
Display

Defines the location of the value be used for the instrument’s
visualization.

Here are some Examples:

Substitute:

TargetObject.#210

Subscribe:

TargetObject.#210

Subscribe:

PORTB.PORTB (check exact spelling using Inspector)

Variable:

counter

Register:

SP

Memory:

0x210

Size of Port

If you use the Memory Port, you can also specify the width of memory to
display (up to 4 Bytes).

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