View source for BELK-TN-008: Integrating Visual Studio Code and Lauterbach PowerView TRACE32

==Integrating VSC e PVT32==
===Debugging in VSC by using PVT32 as a communication bridge===
*After opening VSC from the root directory of the <code>freertos_hello_world</code> project, install the ''Native Debug'' extension.
*Then, create a <code>launch.json</code> file by selecting ''Debug->Add Configuration->GDB''. The file should look like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Debug (PowerView TRACE32)",
            "type": "gdb",
            "request": "launch",
            "target": "${workspaceRoot}/Debug/freertos_hello_world.elf",
            "gdbpath": "e:/Xilinx/SDK/2019.1/gnu/aarch32/nt/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe",
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "valuesFormatting": "parseText",
            "autorun": [
                "target remote localhost:30000",
                "symbol-file ${workspaceRoot}/Debug/freertos_hello_world.elf",
            ]
        }
    ]
}
</syntaxhighlight>
*Edit the PVT32's configuration file (usually named <code>config.t32</code>) and add the following lines:
<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
; Remote Control Access
GDB=NETASSIST
PORT=30000
PROTOCOL=TCP
</syntaxhighlight>
*Run PVT32 and start a debugging session (see for instance [[BELK-TN-007:_FreeRTOS_on_single-core_Bora_Lite_SoM#Running_the_application|this section]]).
[[File:BoraLite-VSC1.png|thumb|center|600px|Debugging session started on PVT32 side]]
*On VSC side, start a debugging session by pressing F5. VSC will start a debug session that is synchronized with PVT32 as shown in the following image. So you can set breakpoints, steb-by-step execute the code, etc. on VSC side, but the actual operations will be done on the target by PVT32.
[[File:BoraLite-VSC2.png|thumb|center|600px|Visual Studio Code and PowerView TRACE32 synchornization during a debugging session]]

===Jumping from PVT32 to VSC to edit source files===
To enable this functionality, add the following lines to the PRACTICE script used to initialize the debugging session:
<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
&VSCODE="E:\program_files\MicrosoftVSCode\Code.exe"
setup.editext on "&VSCODE -g ""*:#"""
</syntaxhighlight>


While debugging, right-click on the line you want to edit and select ''Edit Source''.
[[File:BoraLite-VSC3.png|thumb|center|600px|Using VSC as the default editor for PVT32]]


The source file will be open in VSC, which will jump on the selected line.
[[File:BoraLite-VSC4.png|thumb|center|600px|Using VSC as the default editor for PVT32]]