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+<h2>Tracing</h2>
+<p>Tracing is a way to record debugging information
+that can be used during software development. With tracing, you can generate
+detailed, low-level information about an application's execution in the target
+device.</p>
+<p>Examples of tracing are cases when messages are sent or received
+from a component, when states change, when a certain function is entered or
+exited, or anywhere else in the code where it is interesting to know if code
+has been executed or not.</p>
+<p>System level performance analysis and problem-solving
+are often based on tracing. In your development team, a standard way to instrument
+traces to your code (for example, using the same trace group for fatal error
+tracing) can help in determining which level of traces should be activated.
+</p>
+<p>TraceViewer collects traces as follows:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>TraceViewer connects to the device according to the connection parameters
+that can be defined on the <b>Preferences</b> page. </li>
+<li>The tool then collects the traces for a specified purpose (for example,
+during the testing of a certain component at the device side). </li>
+<li>The traces are displayed on the Carbide IDE user interface.</li>
+</ol>
+
+<p><b>Note:</b> there is a distinction between <i>tracing</i> and <i>
+logging</i> as general terms. Tracing is primarily for debugging and diagnostic
+purposes, whereas logging writes records of program usage and is often a functional
+requirement of a program.</p>
+
+<h5>Related concepts</h5>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="trace_format.htm">Trace formats</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h5>Related tasks</h5>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="../tasks/connect.htm">Connecting to the trace source</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../tasks/decoding_traces.htm">Decoding binary traces with a Dictionary file</a></li>
+ <li><a href="../tasks/traceactivation.htm">Activating traces</a></li>
+</ul>
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