title: soft debugger for microcontrollers
body: <p>Are there any soft debuggers for microcontrollers (say PIC24) something like GDB. My platform doesn't run Linux so can’t use GDB. More than a debugger I need to log data, something like what CCP does. </p>
  
  <p>I have a PICKit2 but it does not support runtime watch window update, only on breakpoints my watch variables be updated.</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone tried using MODBUS RTU for runtime data logging ?</p>