User manual

MPLAB

REAL ICE

™

In-Circuit Emulator User’s Guide

1.3 HOW THE EMULATOR HELPS YOU

The MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulator system allows you to:

• Debug application on hardware in real time

• Debug with hardware breakpoints

• Debug with software breakpoints (device-dependent)

• Set breakpoints based on internal and/or external signals

• Monitor internal file registers

• Emulate full speed

• Program device

• Trace lines of code or log variable/expression values

1.4 EMULATOR KIT COMPONENTS

The components of the MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulator system kit are listed

below.

1. CD-ROM with MPLAB IDE software and on-line documentation

2. Emulator pod

3. USB cable to provide communications between the emulator and a PC and to

provide power to the emulator

4. Standard driver board (MPLAB ICD 2 compatible) and cable to connect the

emulator pod to a header module or target board

5. Logic probes

6. Loop-back test board

Additional hardware that may be ordered separately:

7. Processor Extension Pack: High-speed driver board, ICE header/receiver board

and cables to connect the emulator pod to a target board

8. Performance Pack: High-speed driver board, high-speed receiver board and

cables to connect the emulator pod to a target board

9. High-speed to standard converter board

10. Transition socket

11. Opto-isolation board