MPLAB Connect Configurator vs. MPLAB Data Visualizer vs. Python vs. TimeMachine Comparison Chart

Troubleshooting your code's run-time behavior has never been easier. MPLAB® Data Visualizer is a free debugging tool that graphically displays run-time variables in an embedded application. Available as a plug-in for MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or a stand-alone debugging tool, it can receive data from various sources such as the Embedded Debugger Data Gateway Interface (DGI) and COM ports. You can also track your application's run-time behavior using a terminal or graph. To get started with visualizing data, check out the Curiosity Nano Development Platform and Xplained Pro Evaluation Kits. Capture data streamed from a running embedded target via serial port (CDC) or the Data Gateway Interface (DGI). Concurrently stream data and debug target code using MPLAB® X IDE. Decode data fields at runtime using the Data Stream Protocol format. Visualize the raw or decoded data in a graph as a time series or display the data in a terminal.

The TimeMachine debugging suite extends the range of Green Hills Software’s popular MULTI integrated development environment (IDE) by providing a window into the complex interactions in software that can result in bugs, performance problems, and testing nightmares. By presenting this information in easy-to-understand displays, TimeMachine enables developers to quickly navigate through trace data and produce better code in less time. With TimeMachine you can debug both forward and backward in time, making it easier to find even the hardest time. Make your software run faster than you thought possible by examining program execution history to find previously unknown bottlenecks. Accelerate debugging by stepping backward a single step at a time into functions you've already stepped over. Leverage gigabytes of execution history to verify that your program has been fully tested.