Datasheet

MPLAB
®
STARTER KIT FOR
INTELLIGENT.INTEGRATED.ANALOG
USER’S GUIDE
 2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002172A-page 25
Chapter 3. Developing New Applications
The MPLAB Starter Kit for Intelligent.Integrated.Analog may be used with MPLAB
®
IDE, the free Integrated Development Environment available on Microchip’s web site.
MPLAB IDE allows the starter kit to be used as an in-circuit debugger as well as a pro-
grammer for the featured device.
In-circuit debugging allows you to run, examine and modify your program for the device
embedded in the Starter Kit hardware. This greatly assists you in debugging your
firmware and hardware together.
Working through the PICkit On Board (PKOB), the Starter Kit interacts with the
MPLAB IDE application to run, stop and single-step through programs. Breakpoints
can be set and the processor can be reset. Once the processor is stopped, the
register’s contents can be examined and modified.
3.1 REPROGRAMMING THE STARTER KIT USING THE PKOB
When the Starter Kit is connected from your computer to the PICkit On Board USB
connector (J6), MPLAB recognizes it as a valid programmer and debugger. In
MPLAB IDE 8.x, the drop-down menu will show “Starter Kit on Board” as the correct
name (Figure 3-1).
FIGURE 3-1: SELECTING THE PKOB IN EARLIER VERSIONS OF MPLAB
®
IDE