User`s guide

MPLAB Starter Kit for dsPIC

DSCs User’s Guide

3.2 SETTING UP AN EXAMPLE APPLICATION FOR DEBUG

The MPLAB IDE software that is installed on your PC by the starter kit CD-ROM auto-

matically opens an example application that you may use to examine debug features

of the starter kit.

To prepare the application for debug:

1. Launch MPLAB IDE. The example application project and related workspace will

open. For information on projects and workspaces, see the MPLAB IDE

documentation mentioned at the beginning of this chapter.

2. Select Project>Build All

to build the application code. The build’s progress will be

visible in the Build tab of the Output window.

3. Select Debugger>Select Tool>Starter Kits

. MPLAB IDE will change to add starter

kit debug features (Figure 3-1): (1) the status bar will show Starter Kits as the

debug tool, (2) a Starter Kit debug toolbar will be added, (3) the Debugger menu

will change to add Starter Kit debug functions and (4) the Output window will dis-

play communication status between MPLAB IDE and the stater kit on the Starter

Kit Debugger tab.

Also, several device resources are used for debug. For details, see

Section 3.7 “Determining Device Support and Reserved Resources”.

FIGURE 3-1: STARTER KIT AS DEBUG TOOL

4. Select Debugger>Program

to program the application code into the dsPIC33F

DCS device on the starter kit. The debug programming progress will be visible in

the Starter Kit tab of the Output window.

Note: Debug executive code is automatically programmed in the upper program

memory of the starter kit device when the starter kit is selected as a debug-

ger. Debug code must be programmed into the target device to use the

in-circuit debugging capabilities of the starter kit.