Useful tools

Checking library dependencies

Windows

• ​DependencyWalker
• ​PE Viewer plug-in for ​TotalCommander (aka WindowsCommander)
• ​FileInfo plug-in for ​TotalCommander (aka WindowsCommander)

Linux

• ​ldd
• ​nm
• ​BinScan (integrates ldd and nm into a single GUI)
• ​ELF Library Viewer

Debugging COM port connection

Windows

• HyperTerminal​ (​available on Windows before Vista)
• ​PuTTy (some problems occur with binary data)

Linux

• ​kermit
• ​minicom

Writing to a COM port using terminal (supposing that we use port ttyS0/COM1):

cat /dev/ttyS0

Reading from a COM port using terminal (supposing that we use port ttyS0/COM1):

echo "message" > /dev/ttyS0

Note: on Linux, ttyS0 corresponds to COM1, ttyS1 to COM2, etc. (0-based counting).