probe-rs is a handy toolset for embedded debugging, like OpenOCD but better integrated.
- SWD and JTAG via CMSIS-DAP, ST-Link and J-Link probes
- GDB stub and Microsoft DAP server
- Cargo integration
cargo-embed is a cargo subcommand to build and flash binaries, log
RTT output and connect GDB. It's configured by an
Embed.toml file in your project directory.
- CMSIS-DAP is an Arm standard protocol over USB for an in-circuit debugger to access the CoreSight Debug Access Port of various Arm Cortex processors. It's what the on-board debugger on the BBC micro:bit uses.
- ST-Link is a range of in-circuit debuggers from ST Microelectronics, J-Link is a range from SEGGER.
- The Debug Access Port is usually either a 5-pin JTAG interface or 2-pin Serial Wire Debug.
- probe-rs is a library which you can integrate into your own tools if you want to.
- The Microsoft Debug Adapter Protocol lets VSCode and other IDEs debug code running on any supported microcontroller.
- cargo-embed is a binary built using the probe-rs library.
- RTT (Real Time Transfers) is a mechanism to transfer data between the debug host and the target through a number of ringbuffers.