5.17.3 Set Breakpoints with the Breakpoint Dialog

To open the New Breakpoint dialog, complete the following steps:

  1. Click on the Create New Breakpoint icon
    in the upper left of the Breakpoints window.
  2. Select Debug > New Breakpoint. Choose a breakpoint type and set up options.
Table 5-12. Breakpoint Types
Selection Description
Line Break on a line of code in an Editor window.
Data Break on Reads/Writes to an address in data (RAM) memory. This includes SFR and symbol locations.
Address Break on the execution of an address in program (Flash) memory.
Event Break on a specific event, such as a reset, sleep/wake, watchdog timer time-out, etc.
Function Break on entry into a specified function.

For options available for each breakpoint type, see 14.4 New Breakpoint Dialog.