minichlink-ocd

The official repository used as a dependency for building with the Zig compiler is located here: https://github.com/cnlohr/ch32fun/tree/master/minichlink

Information

This repository automatically builds and publishes binary files for minichlink and minichlink-ocd.
You can download them at the following link: https://github.com/ghostiam/minichlink-ocd/releases/latest

What is minichlink-ocd

minichlink-ocd is a wrapper around minichlink that converts commands for openocd into commands for minichlink.
This allows to use minichlink in IDEs designed to work with openocd, such as CLion.

Setting up CLion to work with minichlink-ocd

Go to Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Embedded Development and specify the path to the extracted archive with minichlink-ocd.
Click the Test button to check if everything works. A pop-up message with the text Minichlink As Open On-Chip Debugger should appear.

Fixing the Memory View feature

To make the Memory View feature work in CLion, you need to edit a parameter in the IDE: more about the issue

Press CTRL+SHIFT+A (CMD+SHIFT+A) -> Registry...
Find cidr.debugger.memory.hex.blockSize there (start typing blockSize, and the IDE will automatically filter the fields as you type), and set the value to 256 instead of 4096.