/members-area/b/blog/posts/validating-an-idea-a-tool-to-explain-stm32-cortex-m-hardfaults-more-clearlyHi everyone, I&rsquo;m working on a small tool idea around STM32 / Cortex-M debugging, and I&rsquo;d like honest feedback before building too much. The problem I&rsquo;m trying to validate is this: When a Cortex-M firmware crashes into HardFault_Hand...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/blog/posts/validating-an-idea-a-tool-to-explain-stm32-cortex-m-hardfaults-more-clearlyWed, 13 May 2026 22:45:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5019f4f9-0ad1-4e5d-8823-47394bcf81eavmate0<p>I think it should definitely be a VSCode extension. Getting people to use another tool, that doesn&#39;t integrate well with their workflows, is unfamiliar, etc, is a big hassle. With a VSCode extension, you&#39;d have a bunch of existing tooling to build upon, simple to install, integrates well, no need to install a separate program.<br /><br />I don&#39;t have any Cortex-M debugging experience at all, so if an extension existed that could just magically tell me what went wrong, give me a call stack, jump to the specific lines in source files, maybe even give some plain English description for common issues, that would be a really cool and useful tool.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=29747&AppID=75&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">