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     8 <h2>Understanding tracing</h2>
       
     9 <p>Tracing is a way to record debugging information that can be used during 
       
    10 software development. With tracing, you can generate detailed, low-level 
       
    11 information about an application's execution in the target device.</p>
       
    12 <p>Examples of tracing are cases when messages are sent or received from a 
       
    13 component, when states change, when a certain function is entered or exited, 
       
    14 or anywhere else in the code where it is interesting to know if code has been 
       
    15 executed or not.</p>
       
    16 <p>The tracing tools support <b>Open System Trace (OST)</b> trace format for 
       
    17 data transfer. OST is an open, platform-independent solution that is easily 
       
    18 integrated into the software development process.</p>
       
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    20 <p>See the overview graphic below showing the relations of the tools.</p>
       
    21 <p><img src="..\images\tracing.png" alt="Overview of the tools in the tracing solution."></p>
       
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    23 <p><b>Click the topics available on the left-hand navigation pane to browse for more information.</b></p>
       
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