Test your new application on Linux or Windows

It is a lot easier to build and debug the micro-controller application in PC than in actual target environment. Making and testing PC build first allows one to work out most of bugs.

Build

• Linux: Cmake build can be used from command line, from QT creator, etc.

• Windows: Use Visual Studio 2019, the library has native .sln files for it.

Test communication

• Run both ends of communication in PC.

• Often you can test your IO code against one of the examples

• ispy example can be used to view how it works.

Serial communication

• In Windows we have com0com to generate loop back serial ports. Unfortunately this has issues with modern Windows and requires disabling much security to work.

• In linux, tty0tty is really useful. It generates loop back serial port.