ESP32 Forum

Hi everyone,
I’m excited to share my project, ESP Debug, a VSCode extension to debug ESP32 via COM ports. It’s designed to simplify the debugging process and make it more accessible for developers working with ESP32 devices.



Features:

• Works with ESP-IDF's built-in GDB Stub.
• COM Port Communication: Just connect the built-in COM port on ESP32 board to debug.
• Basic debugging features:
  • Pause, Continue, Stop, Restart, Step Over, Step Into, Step Out.
  • Stack trace for each thread.
  • Set and remove breakpoints.
  • View local variables, CPU registers and evaluate expressions.
  • Show messages logged from target.

How to Use:

1. Check out the project on GitHub: ESP-Debug Repository.
2. Install the extension from the VSCode marketplace: ESP-Debug Extension.
3. Follow the setup guide, and start debugging your ESP32 with ease!

It’s open-source, so feel free to contribute or leave feedback. Let me know what you think!

Hello,

Thank you for your contribution to the ESP community - it’s truly appreciated!

I was quickly trying to run it on my macOS and realized it’s currently only available for Windows.

If you would like to make this platform-agnostic, work in sync with the selected ESP-IDF version and tools configured in workspace, and align with the UI controls from the ESP-IDF extension, feel free to contribute directly to our ESP-IDF VS Code extension and help maintain it.

Thanks!

Yeah, would be nice to have it for Linux as well. I‘m not a fan of the openocd+gdb+debug adapter combination. It often doesn’t work. Something more direct with less layers that can break would be much appreciated.

Hello.
The extension has been updated to V1.1.0 and now it supports Linux (x86/x64 only). MacOS is not officially supported yet because I don't have a MacOS computer available but I added a gdbPath parameter to support specifying the path to GDB and you can use it in case your system is not officially supported yet.