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Debug Tools

Install Debug Tools​

This page list the external tools that can be installed to support remote debug. For some tools, you can installed them by click on the install button. Other tools needs the user to register to the editor website and accept license. Click on the URL icon to be redirected the tool download or home page.

Debug tools

OpenOCD (Open On-Chip Debugger ) is an open source project that provides on-chip programming and debugging support with a layered architecture of JTAG interface and TAP support. OpenOCD can be installed from the "Debug Tools" page.

STM32CubeProgrammer is a programming tool for STM32 products. It is not used for debug but for STM32 targets with an integrated ST-Link or to use an external ST-Link probe, a driver is required for identifying ST-Link as a USB device: On Windows, STM32CubeProgrammer provides a ST-Link driver installer. On Linux, STM32CubeProgrammer provides the necessary udev rules. If you already have the udev rules set up under /etc/udev/rules.d, installing STM32CubeProgrammer is not necessary otherwise after installing STM32CubeProgrammer, find the rules files under PATH_TO\STM32CubeProgrammer\Drivers\rules and copy them into /etc/udev/rules.d:

cp <PATH_TO>\STM32CubeProgrammer\Drivers\rules\*.conf /etc/udev/rules.d

J-Link is a external debug probe from SEGGER. It supports a large number of devices from different hardware architectures and vendors. It is not provided with Zephyr Workbench. Please refer to SEGGER website to download and to install J-Link driver and JLinkServer.

LinkServer is a utility for launching and managing GDB servers for NXP debug probes. It is not provided with Zephyr Workbench. Please refer to NXP website to download and to install LinkServer for Microcontrollers.

pyOCD is an open source project and is a Python based tool and API for debugging, programming, and exploring Arm Cortex microcontrollers. pyOCD is installed with the Host Tools. By default, pyOCD does not support every target but target packs must be installed. If the target is not supported, Zephyr Workbench install it on the first time the debug is launch.

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Uninstalling tools is not supported yet.