Percepio Trace Recorder v4.11.0
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Trace Print APIs

Macros

#define xTracePrintCompactF0(szChannel, szFormat)
 Generate a "User Event" with 0 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
#define xTracePrintCompactF1(szChannel, szFormat, uxParam1)
 Generate a "User Event" with 1 parameter. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
#define xTracePrintCompactF2(szChannel, szFormat, uxParam1, uxParam2)
 Generate a "User Event" with 2 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
#define xTracePrintCompactF3(szChannel, szFormat, uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3)
 Generate a "User Event" with 3 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
#define xTracePrintCompactF4(szChannel, szFormat, uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3, uxParam4)
 Generate a "User Event" with 4 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
#define xTracePrintF0(xChannelStringHandle, xFormatStringHandle)
 Generate a "User Event" with 0 parameters.
#define xTracePrintF1(xChannelStringHandle, xFormatStringHandle, uxParam1)
 Generate a "User Event" with 1 parameter.
#define xTracePrintF2(xChannelStringHandle, xFormatStringHandle, uxParam1, uxParam2)
 Generate a "User Event" with 2 parameters.
#define xTracePrintF3(xChannelStringHandle, xFormatStringHandle, uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3)
 Generate a "User Event" with 3 parameters.
#define xTracePrintF4(xChannelStringHandle, xFormatStringHandle, uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3, uxParam4)
 Generate a "User Event" with 4 parameters.

Functions

traceResult xTracePrintCompactF (const char *szChannel, const char *szFormat,...)
 Generate a "User Event". Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.
traceResult xTracePrint (TraceStringHandle_t xChannel, const char *szString)
 Generate "User Events" with unformatted text.
traceResult xTraceConsoleChannelPrintF (const char *szFormat,...)
 Wrapper for xTracePrintF for printing to default channel.
traceResult xTracePrintF (TraceStringHandle_t xChannel, const char *szFormat,...)
 Generates "User Events" with formatted text and data.
traceResult xTraceVPrintF (TraceStringHandle_t xChannel, const char *szFormat, va_list *pxVariableList)
 Generates "User Events" with formatted text and data.

Detailed Description

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ xTracePrintCompactF0

#define xTracePrintCompactF0 ( szChannel,
szFormat )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate2(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szChannel), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szFormat))
traceResult xTraceEventCreate2(uint32_t uiEventCode, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam1, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam2)
Creates an event with 2 parameters.
Definition trcCTI.c:1274

Generate a "User Event" with 0 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact and fixed version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace.

Example: xTraceDependencyRegister("my_project.elf", TRC_DEPENDENCY_TYPE_ELF); ... xTracePrintCompactF0("MyChannel", "MyText");

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintCompactF1

#define xTracePrintCompactF1 ( szChannel,
szFormat,
uxParam1 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate3(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 1, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szChannel), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szFormat), uxParam1)
traceResult xTraceEventCreate3(uint32_t uiEventCode, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam1, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam2, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam3)
Creates an event with 3 parameters.
Definition trcCTI.c:1298

Generate a "User Event" with 1 parameter. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact and fixed version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace.

Example: xTraceDependencyRegister("my_project.elf", TRC_DEPENDENCY_TYPE_ELF); ... xTracePrintCompactF1("MyChannel", "MyFormat %u", 1);

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintCompactF2

#define xTracePrintCompactF2 ( szChannel,
szFormat,
uxParam1,
uxParam2 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate4(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 2, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szChannel), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szFormat), uxParam1, uxParam2)
traceResult xTraceEventCreate4(uint32_t uiEventCode, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam1, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam2, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam3, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam4)
Creates an event with 4 parameters.
Definition trcCTI.c:1322

Generate a "User Event" with 2 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact and fixed version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace.

Example xTraceDependencyRegister("my_project.elf", TRC_DEPENDENCY_TYPE_ELF); ... xTracePrintCompactF2("MyChannel", "MyFormat %u %u", 1, 2);

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintCompactF3

#define xTracePrintCompactF3 ( szChannel,
szFormat,
uxParam1,
uxParam2,
uxParam3 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate5(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 3, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szChannel), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szFormat), uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3)
traceResult xTraceEventCreate5(uint32_t uiEventCode, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam1, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam2, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam3, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam4, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam5)
Creates an event with 5 parameters.
Definition trcCTI.c:1346

Generate a "User Event" with 3 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact and fixed version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace.

Example: xTraceDependencyRegister("my_project.elf", TRC_DEPENDENCY_TYPE_ELF); ... xTracePrintCompactF3("MyChannel", "MyFormat %u %u %u", 1, 2, 3);

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
[in]uxParam3Third parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintCompactF4

#define xTracePrintCompactF4 ( szChannel,
szFormat,
uxParam1,
uxParam2,
uxParam3,
uxParam4 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate6(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 4, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szChannel), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(szFormat), uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3, uxParam4)
traceResult xTraceEventCreate6(uint32_t uiEventCode, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam1, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam2, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam3, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam4, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam5, TraceUnsignedBaseType_t uxParam6)
Creates an event with 6 parameters.
Definition trcCTI.c:1370

Generate a "User Event" with 4 parameters. Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact and fixed version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace.

Example: xTraceDependencyRegister("my_project.elf", TRC_DEPENDENCY_TYPE_ELF); ... xTracePrintCompactF4("MyChannel", "MyFormat %u %u %u %u", 1, 2, 3, 4);

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
[in]uxParam3Third parameter.
[in]uxParam4Fourth parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF0

#define xTracePrintF0 ( xChannelStringHandle,
xFormatStringHandle )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate2(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xChannelStringHandle), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xFormatStringHandle))

Generate a "User Event" with 0 parameters.

This is a highly optimized version of xTracePrintF(). The channel and format string must be registered using xTraceStringRegister().

Example: TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; TraceStringHandle_t xHelloWorld;

xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); xTraceStringRegister("Hello world!", &xHelloWorld); ... xTracePrintF0(xChannel, xHelloWorld);

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel handle.
[in]xFormatStringHandleFormat string handle.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF1

#define xTracePrintF1 ( xChannelStringHandle,
xFormatStringHandle,
uxParam1 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate3(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 1, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xChannelStringHandle), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xFormatStringHandle), uxParam1)

Generate a "User Event" with 1 parameter.

This is a highly optimized version of xTracePrintF(). The channel and format string must be registered using xTraceStringRegister().

Example: TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; TraceStringHandle_t xHelloWorld;

xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); xTraceStringRegister("Hello world! %d", &xHelloWorld); ... xTracePrintF1(xChannel, xHelloWorld, 1);

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel handle.
[in]xFormatStringHandleFormat string handle.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF2

#define xTracePrintF2 ( xChannelStringHandle,
xFormatStringHandle,
uxParam1,
uxParam2 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate4(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 2, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xChannelStringHandle), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xFormatStringHandle), uxParam1, uxParam2)

Generate a "User Event" with 2 parameters.

This is a highly optimized version of xTracePrintF(). The channel and format string must be registered using xTraceStringRegister().

Example: TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; TraceStringHandle_t xHelloWorld;

xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); xTraceStringRegister("Hello world! %d %d", &xHelloWorld); ... xTracePrintF2(xChannel, xHelloWorld, 1, 2);

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel handle.
[in]xFormatStringHandleFormat string handle.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF3

#define xTracePrintF3 ( xChannelStringHandle,
xFormatStringHandle,
uxParam1,
uxParam2,
uxParam3 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate5(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 3, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xChannelStringHandle), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xFormatStringHandle), uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3)

Generate a "User Event" with 3 parameters.

This is a highly optimized version of xTracePrintF(). The channel and format string must be registered using xTraceStringRegister().

Example: TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; TraceStringHandle_t xHelloWorld;

xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); xTraceStringRegister("Hello world! %d %d %d", &xHelloWorld); ... xTracePrintF3(xChannel, xHelloWorld, 1, 2, 3);

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel handle.
[in]xFormatStringHandleFormat string handle.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
[in]uxParam3Third parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF4

#define xTracePrintF4 ( xChannelStringHandle,
xFormatStringHandle,
uxParam1,
uxParam2,
uxParam3,
uxParam4 )
Value:
xTraceEventCreate6(PSF_EVENT_USER_EVENT_FIXED + 4, (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xChannelStringHandle), (TraceUnsignedBaseType_t)(xFormatStringHandle), uxParam1, uxParam2, uxParam3, uxParam4)

Generate a "User Event" with 4 parameters.

This is a highly optimized version of xTracePrintF(). The channel and format string must be registered using xTraceStringRegister().

Example: TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; TraceStringHandle_t xHelloWorld;

xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); xTraceStringRegister("Hello world! %d %d %d %d", &xHelloWorld); ... xTracePrintF4(xChannel, xHelloWorld, 1, 2, 3, 4);

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel handle.
[in]xFormatStringHandleFormat string handle.
[in]uxParam1First parameter.
[in]uxParam2Second parameter.
[in]uxParam3Third parameter.
[in]uxParam4Fourth parameter.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

Function Documentation

◆ xTraceConsoleChannelPrintF()

traceResult xTraceConsoleChannelPrintF ( const char * szFormat,
... )

Wrapper for xTracePrintF for printing to default channel.

Wrapper for xTracePrintF, using the default channel. Can be used as a drop-in replacement for printf and similar functions, e.g. in a debug logging macro. NOTE! All parameters must be cast to TraceUnsignedBaseType_t/TraceBaseType_t!

Example: // Old: #define LogString debug_console_printf

// New, log to Tracealyzer instead: #define LogString xTraceConsoleChannelPrintF ... LogString("My value is: %d", myValue);

Parameters
[in]szFormatFormat.
[in]...Parameters.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrint()

traceResult xTracePrint ( TraceStringHandle_t xChannel,
const char * szString )

Generate "User Events" with unformatted text.

User Events can be used for very efficient application logging, and are shown as yellow labels in the main trace view.

You may group User Events into User Event Channels. The yellow User Event labels shows the logged string, preceded by the channel name within brackets. For example:

"[MyChannel] Hello World!"

The User Event Channels are shown in the View Filter, which makes it easy to select what User Events you wish to display. User Event Channels are created using xTraceStringRegister().

Example:

TraceStringHandle_t xChannel; xTraceStringRegister("MyChannel", &xChannel); ... xTracePrint(xChannel, "Hello World!");

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel.
[in]szStringString.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintCompactF()

traceResult xTracePrintCompactF ( const char * szChannel,
const char * szFormat,
... )

Generate a "User Event". Channel and format string are only stored in ELF.

This is a compact version of xTracePrintF(). Only addresses to channel and format strings are stored and an ELF file must be provided to interpret the trace. NOTE! All parameters must be cast to TraceUnsignedBaseType_t/TraceBaseType_t!

Example: xTracePrintCompact("MyChannel", "MyFormat %d", 1);

Parameters
[in]szChannelChannel string.
[in]szFormatFormat string.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTracePrintF()

traceResult xTracePrintF ( TraceStringHandle_t xChannel,
const char * szFormat,
... )

Generates "User Events" with formatted text and data.

Generates "User Events", with formatted text and data, similar to a "printf". It is very fast since the actual formatting is done on the host side when the trace is displayed.

User Events can be used for very efficient application logging, and are shown as yellow labels in the main trace view. An advantage of User Events is that data can be plotted in the "User Event Signal Plot" view, visualizing any data you log as User Events, discrete states or control system signals (e.g. system inputs or outputs).

You may group User Events into User Event Channels. The yellow User Event labels show the logged string, preceded by the channel name within brackets.

Example:

"[MyChannel] Hello World!"

The User Event Channels are shown in the View Filter, which makes it easy to select what User Events you wish to display. User Event Channels are created using xTraceStringRegister().

Example:

TraceStringHandle_t adc_uechannel; xTraceStringRegister("ADC User Events", &adc_uechannel); ... xTracePrintF(adc_uechannel, "ADC channel %d: %d volts", ch, (TraceBaseType_t)adc_reading);

NOTE! All data arguments must be TraceUnsignedBaseType_t or TraceBaseType_t.

The following formats are supported: d - signed integer. The following width and padding format is supported: "%05d" -> "-0042" and "%5d" -> " -42" u - unsigned integer. The following width and padding format is supported: "%05u" -> "00042" and "%5u" -> " 42" X - hexadecimal (uppercase). The following width and padding format is supported: "%04X" -> "002A" and "%4X" -> " 2A" x - hexadecimal (lowercase). The following width and padding format is supported: "%04x" -> "002a" and "%4x" -> " 2a" s - string. A TraceStringHandle_t from a string that was stored using xTraceStringRegister(...).

A maximum of 5 parameters will be stored in the event along with the format string. On a 32-bit system; a maximum size of 52 bytes is allowed for the parameters and format string combined. Each parameter takes 4 bytes. On a 64-bit system; a maximum size of 112 bytes is allowed for the parameters and format string combined. Each parameter takes 8 bytes. The format string will be truncated if maximum size is exceeded.

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel.
[in]szFormatFormat.
[in]...Parameters.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess

◆ xTraceVPrintF()

traceResult xTraceVPrintF ( TraceStringHandle_t xChannel,
const char * szFormat,
va_list * pxVariableList )

Generates "User Events" with formatted text and data.

Parameters
[in]xChannelChannel.
[in]szFormatFormat.
[in]pxVariableListPointer to variable list arguments.
Return values
TRC_FAILFailure
TRC_SUCCESSSuccess