

Solution
Debugging and trace
Enhance real-time analysis and fault detection with advanced debugging, multi-core support, and robust system diagnostics.
Smarter debugging with IAR


Multi-core debugging

Advanced trace capabilities
Ensuring efficient debugging for reliable and optimized embedded systems
As software complexity grows, debugging inefficiencies have become a major bottleneck in embedded development. Studies show that developers spend 50% to 90% of their time debugging, equating to 1,000 to 1,600 hours per developer annually. Excessive debugging time delays product releases, stalls innovation, and increases costs—challenges that no development team can afford.
IAR’s debugging and trace solutions empower teams to detect and resolve issues early, enhancing product stability, optimizing performance, and significantly reducing defect rates. By leveraging advanced debugging strategies, development teams can recover lost hours, accelerate time to market, and improve overall software quality.
Reduce debugging time, reclaim development resources
By mastering advanced debugging techniques, teams can cut debugging time from 80% to under 5%, reclaiming 1,000+ hours per developer annually. This shift allows engineers to focus on innovation instead of troubleshooting, leading to faster product releases, improved software quality, and lower development costs.
The quality of your product is only as strong as the debugging tools your team relies on. Without deep debugging insights, developers risk applying temporary fixes instead of solving root causes.
Equip your team with IAR’s state-of-the-art debugging solutions and take control of debugging efficiency today.

Building blocks
Explore IAR’s Debugging & Trace Components
Enhance embedded software reliability with advanced debugging, real-time analysis, and intelligent trace capabilities for faster issue detection, optimized performance, and long-term stability.
Product
IAR debug probes
High-speed debugging and trace probes enabling real-time analysis, performance optimization, and fault detection for embedded applications.
Product
IAR Embedded Workbench
Complete toolchain with an industry-leading compiler, debugger, and analysis tools, ensuring efficient, high-performance embedded development.
Product
IAR C-RUN
Identifies runtime errors, memory leaks, and overflows, improving software reliability and debugging efficiency.
Product
IAR VS Code extensions
Enables IAR’s build and debugging tools within Visual Studio Code, providing a modern, flexible development workflow.
Product
IAR Eclipse plugins
The IAR Eclipse plugin integrates IAR’s build toolchains and debuggers into Eclipse, enabling efficient, cross-architecture embedded development with advanced debugging.
Advanced debugging solutions for faster, more efficient embedded systems
JTAG, SWD debugging support
Perform non-intrusive, real-time debugging to detect faults, optimize system performance, and ensure software integrity.
Execution timeline tracking
Gain deeper insights into software execution flow, helping identify timing issues, logic errors, and unpredictable behavior.
Power visualization & performance analysis
Monitor and optimize power consumption and execution efficiency, ensuring resource-constrained systems run optimally.
RTOS-aware debugging & real-time insights
Debug real-time operating system interactions, providing visibility into task execution, scheduling, and system responsiveness.
Customer stories
Transforming challenges into success
Casio — Improving time to market
Read caseAlthough we increased performance, we also had to maintain power consumption, which is why we divided processing into two cores. It was a lot of work, but we were able to find a balance between improved performance and power efficiency.
Osong Medical Innovation Foundation – Ensuring medical software certification
Read caseQuality and certification are critical for the future of high-tech medical devices. By using C-STAT, we can improve code quality while preparing for IEC 62304-certified functional safety upgrades to meet regulatory standards.
NEWGIN – Strengthening software quality for the future
Read caseAs firmware complexity grows, we see an increasing need for tools that help ensure software quality. Static analysis and CI tool integration will be key to improving reliability and maintaining high standards in development.
VICTEK – High-quality code for secure IoT systems
Read caseDeveloping low-power IoT systems requires defect-free, high-quality code to ensure secure integration with optimized applications and networks, while minimizing cybersecurity risks.
Landis+Gyr – Early bug detection with static analysis
Read caseTo maintain high product quality, we need tools that catch defects early in development. C-STAT allows us to find bugs faster, reduce time to market, and streamline development costs, making it a core tool across our sites.
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FAQ
How does real-time debugging with trace capabilities help accelerate issue resolution?
Developers can track software execution in real time, detect issues faster, and avoid time-consuming trial-and-error debugging.
How does investing in better debugging tools translate to faster development cycles?
Faster issue detection and resolution reduce delays, improving overall time-to-market and software quality.
How does multi-core debugging support improve overall embedded system reliability?
It ensures optimized resource allocation and synchronized task execution, leading to stable and efficient applications.

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