Mikroelektronika MikroE Development Kits MIKROE-999 Data Sheet

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 2004 Microchip Technology Inc.

DS39609B-page 301

The PICmicro

®

 microcontrollers are supported with a

full range of hardware and software development tools:

• Integrated Development Environment

- MPLAB

®

 IDE Software

• Assemblers/Compilers/Linkers

- MPASM

TM

 Assembler

- MPLAB C17 and MPLAB C18 C Compilers

- MPLINK

TM

 Object Linker/

MPLIB

TM

 Object Librarian

- MPLAB C30 C Compiler

- MPLAB ASM30 Assembler/Linker/Library

• Simulators

- MPLAB SIM Software Simulator

- MPLAB dsPIC30 Software Simulator

• Emulators

- MPLAB ICE 2000 In-Circuit Emulator

- MPLAB ICE 4000 In-Circuit Emulator

• In-Circuit Debugger

- MPLAB ICD 2

• Device Programmers

- PRO  MATE

®

 II Universal Device Programmer

- PICSTART

®

 Plus Development Programmer

- MPLAB PM3 Device Programmer

• Low-Cost Demonstration Boards

- PICDEM

TM

 1 Demonstration Board

- PICDEM.net

TM

 Demonstration Board

- PICDEM 2 Plus Demonstration Board

- PICDEM 3 Demonstration Board

- PICDEM 4 Demonstration Board

- PICDEM 17 Demonstration Board

- PICDEM 18R Demonstration Board

- PICDEM LIN Demonstration Board

- PICDEM USB Demonstration Board

• Evaluation Kits

- K

EE

L

OQ

®

- PICDEM MSC

- microID

®

- CAN

- PowerSmart

®

- Analog 

The MPLAB IDE software brings an ease of software
development previously unseen in the 8/16-bit micro-
controller market. The MPLAB IDE is a Windows

®

based application that contains:

• An interface to debugging tools

- simulator

- programmer (sold separately)

- emulator (sold separately)

- in-circuit debugger (sold separately)

• A full-featured editor with color coded context

• A multiple project manager

• Customizable data windows with direct edit of 

contents

• High-level source code debugging

• Mouse over variable inspection

• Extensive on-line help

The MPLAB IDE allows you to:

• Edit your source files (either assembly or C)

• One touch assemble (or compile) and download 

to PICmicro emulator and simulator tools 
(automatically updates all project information)

• Debug using:

- source files (assembly or C)

- mixed assembly and C

- machine code

MPLAB IDE supports multiple debugging tools in a
single development paradigm, from the cost effective
simulators, through low-cost in-circuit debuggers, to
full-featured emulators. This eliminates the learning
curve when upgrading to tools with increasing flexibility
and power.

The MPASM assembler is a full-featured, universal
macro assembler for all PICmicro MCUs. 

The MPASM assembler generates relocatable object
files for the MPLINK object linker, Intel

®

 standard HEX

files, MAP files to detail memory usage and symbol ref-
erence, absolute LST files that contain source lines and
generated machine code and COFF files for
debugging.

The MPASM assembler features include:

• Integration into MPLAB IDE projects

• User defined macros to streamline assembly code

• Conditional assembly for multi-purpose source 

files

• Directives that allow complete control over the 

assembly process