Freescale Semiconductor Microcontrollers - Manual (Page 209)

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How to Work on the Register
209 Microcontrollers Debugger Manual
Inspect Memory Starting at a Variable
Location Address
The Debugger provides two ways to dump the memory starting at a variable allocation
address.
• Using Drag and Drop
Drag a variable name from the Data Component to Memory component.
• Holding down the left mouse button and pressing the A key
Point to a variable name in a Data Component, hold the left mouse button down and
press the A key.
The memory component scrolls until it reaches the address where the selected
variable is allocated. The memory range corresponding to the selected variable is
highlighted in the memory component.
Load an Address Register with the
Address of a Variable
The Debugger allows you to load a register with the address where a variable is allocated.
Drag a variable name from the Data Component to Register component. The destination
register is updated with the start address of the selected variable.
How to Work on the Register
This section describes how to work with the Register component.
Change Format of Register Display
The Debugger allows you to display the register content in hexadecimal or binary format.
1. Right-click in the Register component. The Register context menu is displayed on the
screen.
2. Choose Options from the context menu. The list menu containing the possible formats
is displayed.
3. Select either binary or hexadecimal format.
The format selected is valid for the Register component. The contents from all registers
are displayed according to the selected format.