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16-bit Embedded Control Solutions
World Class Development Tools
MPLAB X IDE
Universal and Integrated Tool Set
MPLAB X IDE is a single, universal graphical user interface
for Microchip and third party software and hardware
development tools. It is the industry’s only IDE to support
an entire portfolio of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC MCUs,
dsPIC DSCs and memory devices.
MPLAB X supports Microchip’s compilers, emulators,
debuggers and starter kits, as well as many third-party
tools. Moving between all of your favorite Microchip tools
and upgrading from software simulators to hardware
debugging and programming tools is simple with this IDE’s
seamless user interface.
Powerful Yet User-Friendly Interface
With complete project management, visual call graphs,
a configurable watch window and a feature-rich editor
that includes code-completion, context menus and a task
navigator, MPLAB X is flexible and friendly enough for
new users.
MPLAB X is also fully equipped for the needs of
experienced users with the ability to support multiple
tools on multiple projects with multiple configurations and
simultaneous debugging.
Open-Source Platform
Based on the NetBeans™ Platform, MPLAB X supports a
host of free software components and plug-ins from the
NetBeans community for high-performance application
development customized to your needs. In addition to
local file history, MPLAB X is also compatible with revision
control plug-ins and Bugzilla.
Cross-Platform
Using MPLAB X, users can run their favorite toolset and
develop their next embedded application on Windows®,
Linux® or Mac® OS X.
MPLAB XC16 C Compiler for PIC24 MCUs and
dsPIC DSCs
The MPLAB XC16 C Compiler includes a complete ANSI C
standard library, including string manipulation, dynamic
memory allocation, data conversion, timekeeping and
math libraries. The compiler has a powerful code optimizer.
Other 16-bit MCU compilers generate as much as 165%
larger code for the same application.
The assembler comes with the MPLAB XC C Compiler and
may be used with the compiler or as an assembler. It is a
full-featured macro assembler. User defined macros,
conditional assembly and a variety of assembler directives
make the assembler a power code generation tool.
Available for MPLAB X IDE
MPLAB X SIM Software Simulator
The MPLAB X SIM Software Simulator is a full-featured,
cycle-accurate software simulator. In addition to simulating
the CPU and the instruction set, it also supports
key peripherals.
Download a full-featured, time-restricted
evaluation version of the MPLAB XC16 C
Compiler for PIC24 MCUs or dsPIC DSCs from
the Microchip web site.
www.microchip.com/compilers