CCS remote debugging

[blueskull]

Hi all,

Is there any way to run a CCS debugging agent remotely on a server which connects to actual hardware, from a laptop connected through WiFi?
The reason I want to do so is because the target board may see 5kV or even higher upon some serious failure (the design is a 1MW power device test bed). Though I quadruple isolated things with UL certified, reinforce isolated digital isolators and power modules, I just do not want to risk my life operating a laptop connected to a 5kV, 200A test bed fed directly from 2.3kV distribution panel.

Here I have 2 possible ideas:
1. using any Linux board and setup USBIP, then connect the virtual USB from my laptop.
2. run a true CCS debugging agent (if TI has one) on an x86 Linux/Win10 board and connect it from my laptop (if it supports remote debugging).

I know route 1 is feasible, but I do not know how bad the latency and speed will be. I would prefer route 2, but I do not know if TI has such offerings.
I would like to hear your opinions about remote debugging (or at least, programming) an F28377S.



Thanks

[newbrain]

At lest for MSP432, there is a Windows executable named GdbTiAgent that can be launched by specifying the port and board config file.
It's tucked away in some tool folder in the CCS install: can't help more, as I am 3000km away from the machine I have it on.

It's not well documented, but it works, with some effort (see also this post).

It should support other debug interfaces (xds100?) and processors in addition to xds110.
A listening port can be specified with -p nnnn and a conf file with -f

It's very bare-bone, not rich as, say OpenOCD but you can set breakpoints, and IIRC tracepoints, run/stop and do general gdb stuff.

Then you migth have to fool CCS in talking to it, or use a generic, gdb supporting, IDE.

[kaz911]

you can use Ethernet debuggers like XDS 220 or XDS560 - http://www.spectrumdigital.com/ethernet/


There used to be a couple of Wireless JTAG debug interfaces (Blackhawk 510W & Olimex) but both are out of production.

[Fred27]

Why not run CCS on the machine connected to the device and use a remote desktop client to connect your laptop to the remote machine? Perhaps not as elegant, but quicker and simpler.

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[kaz911]

are you sure you can't disable the internal XDS100 and solder a connector on to the board? If it is a LaunchPad board - most of them have the option. For ARM 20 pin heard - TMS/TDI/GND/3.3V/TDO/TCK

For 14 pin TI header TMS/TDI/TDIS/VTRef/TDO/TCK/GND

But which board are you using with embedded XDS100?

[ebclr]

Use ccs cloud and team viewer or windows remote