Autonomous on-Chip Debugging for Sensors Based on AVR Microcontrollers

作     者：Antoine Bossard Antoine Bossard

作者机构：Graduate School of Science Kanagawa University Kanagawa Japan 

出 版 物：《Journal of Sensor Technology》 (传感技术（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第2期

页      面：19-38页

学科分类：08[工学] 081101[工学-控制理论与控制工程] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 081102[工学-检测技术与自动化装置] 

主　　题：RISC Computer Architecture ISA Software Assembly Electronics Green Computing HMI 

摘      要：Sensors are often based on minimalistic microcontrollers for their reduced power consumption and size. Because of the specific hardware of sensors, their software development, including debugging, is also particular. Simulators and external computers are conventional approaches to sensor debugging, but they both face limitations such as the supported hardware and debugging conditions. In this paper, we propose a fully autonomous on-chip debugging solution for sensors (and other devices) based on AVR microcontrollers, with a particular focus on human-machine interaction. The proposal is then validated in practice through various experiments, notably involving real-world sensors. Formal measurement of the induced overhead is also conducted, which eventually demonstrates the applicability of the proposal.