PIC16F62X
MPLAB allows you to:
16.0 DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
The PICmicro® microcontrollers are supported with a
full range of hardware and software development tools:
• Edit your source files (either assembly or ‘C’)
• One touch assemble (or compile) and download
to PICmicro tools (automatically updates all
project information)
• Integrated Development Environment
- MPLAB™ IDE Software
• Debug using:
- source files
• Assemblers/Compilers/Linkers
- MPASM Assembler
- absolute listing file
- object code
- MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18 C Compilers
- MPLINK/MPLIB Linker/Librarian
• Simulators
The ability to use MPLAB with Microchip’s simulator,
MPLAB-SIM, allows a consistent platform and the abil-
ity to easily switch from the cost-effective simulator to
the full featured emulator with minimal retraining.
- MPLAB-SIM Software Simulator
• Emulators
- MPLAB-ICE Real-Time In-Circuit Emulator
- PICMASTER®/PICMASTER-CE In-Circuit
16.2
MPASM Assembler
Emulator
MPASM is a full featured universal macro assembler for
all PICmicro MCU’s. It can produce absolute code
directly in the form of HEX files for device program-
mers, or it can generate relocatable objects for
MPLINK.
- ICEPIC™
• In-Circuit Debugger
- MPLAB-ICD for PIC16F877
• Device Programmers
MPASM has a command line interface and a Windows
shell and can be used as a standalone application on a
Windows 3.x or greater system. MPASM generates
relocatable object files, Intel standard HEX files, MAP
files to detail memory usage and symbol reference, an
absolute LST file which contains source lines and gen-
erated machine code, and a COD file for MPLAB
debugging.
- PRO MATE II Universal Programmer
- PICSTART Plus Entry-Level Prototype
Programmer
• Low-Cost Demonstration Boards
- SIMICE
- PICDEM-1
- PICDEM-2
- PICDEM-3
MPASM features include:
- PICDEM-17
- SEEVAL
• MPASM and MPLINK are integrated into MPLAB
projects.
- KEELOQ
• MPASM allows user defined macros to be created
for streamlined assembly.
16.1
MPLAB Integrated Development
Environment Software
• MPASM allows conditional assembly for multi pur-
pose source files.
• MPASM directives allow complete control over the
assembly process.
- The MPLAB IDE software brings an ease of
software development previously unseen in
the 8-bit microcontroller market. MPLAB is a
Windows -based application which contains:
16.3
MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18
C Compilers
• Multiple functionality
- editor
The MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18 Code Development
Systems are complete ANSI ‘C’ compilers and inte-
grated development environments for Microchip’s
PIC17CXXX and PIC18CXXX family of microcontrol-
lers, respectively. These compilers provide powerful
integration capabilities and ease of use not found with
other compilers.
- simulator
- programmer (sold separately)
- emulator (sold separately)
• A full featured editor
• A project manager
• Customizable tool bar and key mapping
• A status bar
For easier source level debugging, the compilers pro-
vide symbol information that is compatible with the
MPLAB IDE memory display.
• On-line help
1999 Microchip Technology Inc.
Preliminary
DS40300B-page 125
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