Automated Testing With MDBCore Scripting

About this course

The goal of that class is to introduce the power of MDBCore-scripting for FW-automation and -testing

1) This class first explains the MPLABX-ecosystem and where MDBCore fits in before we dive into using MDBCore with different interfaces.

2) Before we look into MDBCore-based testing, we will see how to compile sources into *.elf in a script.

3) The major section on MDBCore-based testing is cut into these subsections

3.1) first we'll look at the first and easiest MDBCore-IF called mdb.bat

3.2) then we will discuss the limits of mdb.bat and provide a solution with mdbcs which provides further advantages as it opens the door into the big world of Java-libraries

3.3) next we will conclude with most sophisticated solution where we use all MDBCore-functionality in a Java-project

3.4) last we will see how to extend the IDE-functionality with any Python-module available through autoload.py

Curriculum67 min

Syllabus
Hardware and Software Tools
Glossary
Introduction into MPLABX ecosystem with MDBCore for automated testing
Introduction & Agenda 2 min
Motivation 2 min
Why Automation with MDBCore? 1 min
Architecture Breakdown 3 min
MDBCore - mdb 2 min
MDBCore - mdbcs 3 min
MDBCore - Java & autoload.py/Python
MPLAB SDK 2 min
Additional Materials
Summary 2 min
Compile without IDE
Recap and Introduction 6 min
Steps from *.c / *.h to *.elf 1 min
Handling Firmware Revisions 4 min
Parts of a MPLABX Project 2 min
Create Makefiles 4 min
Compile 2 min
Summary 1 min
Automate testing with MDBCore (mdb)
Recap and Introduction 5 min
Definition of a Suitable Test Structure 3 min
Features of mdb 5 min
Interactive Usage - Principal Flow mdb 2 min
Automate mdb using Command Files 2 min
Extending mdb Functionality with Python 2 min
Limits of mdb 2 min
Test your Knowledge!
mdb Demo
Overview
Overview 3 min
Expected Result 2 min
The Demo 4 min
Automate testing with MDBCore (mdbcs)
to come
Extending MPLABX with Phyton
to come
Summary

About this course