User`s guide

MPLAB Starter Kit for dsPIC

DSCs User’s Guide

3.5 PROGRAMMING THE DEBUGGED APPLICATION

When the program is successfully debugged and running, the next step is to program

the device for stand-alone operation in the finished design. When doing this, the

resources reserved for debug are released for use by the application. To program the

application, use the following steps:

1. Disable Starter Kits as a debug tool by selecting Debugger>Select Tool>None

2. Select Starter Kits as the programmer in the Programmer>Select Programmer

menu.

3. Select Programmer>Program

Now the starter kit will run independently.

3.6 CREATING OTHER dsPIC DSC APPLICATIONS

This starter kit is just one way to use Microchip dsPIC DSCs in an application. Other

tools and resources exist to support these devices.

• dsPIC DSC Demo Boards – Many boards are available for developing applica-

tions. See our website (http://www.microchip.com/) under Design>Development

Tools>Demo Boards>dsPIC DSC.

• MPLAB C30 C Compiler, Full Version – More optimization options than the stu-

dent version for full-scale development. See http://www.microchip.com/c30.

• Application Notes – Example applications with code for using dsPIC DSC fea-

tures. See our website (http://www.microchip.com/) under Design>App Notes &

Source Code>16-bit PIC MCUs & dsPIC DSCs.

3.7 DETERMINING DEVICE SUPPORT AND RESERVED RESOURCES

Due to the built-in in-circuit debugging capability of ICD devices and the ICSP™

function offered by the debugger, the starter kit uses some on-chip resources when

debugging. It also uses program memory and file register locations in the target device

during debugging. These locations are not available for use by user code. In the

MPLAB IDE, registers marked with an “R” in register displays represent reserved

registers.

For information on device resources that are needed for in-circuit debugging, please

refer to the MPLAB ICD 2 Help, found in MPLAB IDE under Help>Topics

. The device

reserved resource information found under “Resources Used By MPLAB ICD 2” is the

same for the starter kit.