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dsPICDEM™ 80-Pin Starter Development Board User’s Guide

2.4 CREATING THE PROJECT

The first step is to create a project and a workspace in MPLAB IDE. Typically, there is

one project in one workspace.

A project contains the files needed to build an application (source code, linker script

files, etc.) along with their associations to various build tools and build options.

A workspace contains one or more projects and information on the selected device,

debug tool and/or programmer, open windows and their location and other MPLAB IDE

configuration settings.

MPLAB IDE contains a Project Wizard to help create new projects. Before starting,

create a folder named Tutorial for the project files for this tutorial (C:\Tutorial is

assumed in the instructions that follow). From the Example Code\Tutorial Code

directory on the Development Kit Software CD-ROM, copy the Eg1_BlinkLed.s file

into this folder.

2.4.1 Select a Device

1. Start MPLAB IDE.

2. Close any workspace that might be open (File>Close Workspace

3. From the Project

menu, select Project Wizard.

4. From the Welcome screen, click Next to display the Project Wizard Step One

dialog (see Figure 2-1).

FIGURE 2-1: PROJECT WIZARD, STEP 1, SELECT A DEVICE

5. From the Device: pull-down list, select dsPIC30F6014A and click Next >. The

Project Wizard Step Two dialog displays as shown in Figure 2-2.

Note: These instructions presume the use of MPLAB 7.20 or newer.