New PNut-Term-TS downloader, debug application for P2 development on Windows, Mac, Linux (yes, RPi)
Stephen Moraco
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PNut-Term-TS is the result of combining PST (Parallax Serial Terminal), PNut debug windows, and a downloader into a single application and porting it to a platform-agnostic language (in this case, TypeScript). It currently supports all nine debug windows, provides full logging, and has full PST functionality. It is built to handle debug traffic via serial at our full 2Mbit rate. The Single-Step debugger is still under development, so this is a v0.9.1 release.
v0.9.1
Initial release of PNut-Term-TS cross-platform debug terminal
- Support for Parallax Propeller 2 debugging protocol
- P2 download implementation with RAM and FLASH support
- Serial communication up to 2Mb with DTR/RTS control line support
Nine Debug windows implemented:
-- Terminal window with full ANSI escape sequence support
-- Logic analyzer window for digital signal analysis
-- Oscilloscope window for analog signal visualization
-- XY scope display window for phase relationships
-- Plot window for data graphing and visualization
-- FFT spectrum analyzer window for frequency analysis
-- Bitmap display window for image visualization
-- MIDI interface window for musical dataAlso features a logger window for message capture and analysis
- Cross-platform packaging for Windows (x64, arm64), Linux (x64, arm64), and macOS (x64, arm64)
- Command-line launcher pnut-term-ts for all platforms
- Electron v33.3.1 runtime bundled in all packages
NOTE: As we were doing final testing, we found an issue on Windows. As a result of this late finding this release is for MacOS and Linux/RPi only. We'll need a couple of days to find and fix this.
We will officially release a v1.x.x PNut-Term-TS when we've completed the Debugger capability.
PNut-Term-TS is found at its new Public Repository (repo), while the latest Releases are also found there at the Releases Page
Issues with PNut-Term-TS can be filed at the repo issues page, or, of course, you can report issues here in this thread.
This is an early version. I've tried to be comprehensive in my testing, but there's a lot of functionality in this first release. I look forward to hearing about your successful use and any issues you may encounter. Thank you for helping test this early version!
Comments
Sounds really good Stephen. I've been somewhat limited in the past with the Mac platform and all the fancy debugging stuff possible on the P2 (trying out Wine only ever gave me problems with serial ports etc) so if your new debugger tools works on the Mac platform too now that'd be nice to finally try out. I typically tend to use simple editors like Vim with flexspin command line stuff so hopefully the binaries created by that environment would still work out nicely with your own tools as well.