Microchip Technology ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger DV164035 DV164035 User Manual
Product codes
DV164035
MPLAB
®
ICD 3 IN-CIRCUIT
DEBUGGER USER’S GUIDE
© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS51766A-page 25
Chapter 4. General Setup
4.1
INTRODUCTION
How to get started using the MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger is discussed.
4.2
STARTING THE MPLAB IDE SOFTWARE
After installing the MPLAB IDE software (Section 3.2 “Installing the Software”),
invoke it by using any of these methods:
invoke it by using any of these methods:
• Select Start>Programs>Microchip>MPLAB IDE vx.xx>MPLAB IDE, where vx.xx is
the version number.
• Double click the MPLAB IDE desktop icon.
• Execute the file mplab.exe in the \core subdirectory of the MPLAB IDE
installation directory.
For more information on using the software, see:
• “MPLAB IDE User's Guide” (DS51519) – Comprehensive guide for using MPLAB
IDE.
• “MPLAB IDE Quick Start Guide” (DS51281) – Chapters 1 and 2 of the user's
guide.
• The on-line help files – Contains the most up-to-date information on MPLAB IDE
and MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger.
• Readme files – Last minute information on each release is included in Readme
for MPLAB IDE.txt
and Readme for MPLAB ICD 3 Debugger.txt. Both
files are found in the Readmes subdirectory of the MPLAB IDE installation
directory.
directory.