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Preliminary

DS35008C-page 75

PIC16C62B/72A

12.0

DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

The PIC

microcontrollers are supported with a full

range of hardware and software development tools:

• Integrated Development Environment

- MPLAB™ IDE Software

• Assemblers/Compilers/Linkers

- MPASM Assembler

- MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18 C Compilers

- MPLINK/MPLIB Linker/Librarian

• Simulators

- MPLAB-SIM Software Simulator

• Emulators

- MPLAB-ICE

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Real-Time In-Circuit Emulator

- PICMASTER

/PICMASTER-CE In-Circuit

Emulator

- ICEPIC™

• In-Circuit Debugger

- MPLAB-ICD for PIC16F877

• Device Programmers

- PRO MATE

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II Universal Programmer

- PICSTART

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Plus Entry-Level Prototype

Programmer

• Low-Cost Demonstration Boards

- SIMICE

- PICDEM-1

- PICDEM-2

- PICDEM-3

- PICDEM-17

- SEEVAL

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- K

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12.1

MPLAB Integrated Development
Environment Software

- The MPLAB IDE software brings an ease of

software development previously unseen in
the 8-bit microcontroller market. MPLAB is a
Windows

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-based application which contains:

• Multiple functionality

- editor

- simulator

- programmer (sold separately)

- emulator (sold separately)

• A full featured editor

• A project manager

• Customizable tool bar and key mapping

• A status bar

• On-line help

MPLAB allows you to:

• Edit your source files (either assembly or ‘C’)

• One touch assemble (or compile) and download

to PIC MCU tools (automatically updates all proj-
ect information)

• Debug using:

- source files

- absolute listing file

- object code

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.

12.2

MPASM Assembler

MPASM is a full featured universal macro assembler for
all PIC MCUs. It can produce absolute code directly in
the form of HEX files for device programmers, or it can
generate relocatable objects for MPLINK.

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.

MPASM features include:

• MPASM and MPLINK are integrated into MPLAB

projects.

• MPASM allows user defined macros to be created

for streamlined assembly.

• MPASM allows conditional assembly for multi pur-

pose source files.

• MPASM directives allow complete control over the

assembly process.

12.3

MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18
C Compilers

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.

For easier source level debugging, the compilers pro-
vide symbol information that is compatible with the
MPLAB IDE memory display.

12.4

MPLINK/MPLIB Linker/Librarian

MPLINK is a relocatable linker for MPASM and
MPLAB-C17 and MPLAB-C18. It can link relocatable
objects from assembly or C source files along with pre-
compiled libraries using directives from a linker script.