User manual

MPLAB

ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger User’s Guide

1.3 HOW THE MPLAB ICD 3 IN-CIRCUIT DEBUGGER HELPS YOU

The MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger system allows you to:

• Debug your application on your own hardware in real time

• Debug with hardware breakpoints

• Debug with software breakpoints

• Set breakpoints based on internal events

• Monitor internal file registers

• Emulate full speed

• Program your device

1.4 MPLAB ICD 3 IN-CIRCUIT DEBUGGER KIT COMPONENTS

The components of the MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger system kit are:

1. MPLAB ICD 3 with indicator lights

2. USB cable to provide communications between the debugger and a PC and to

provide power to the debugger

3. Cable (also MPLAB ICD 2 compatible) to connect the MPLAB ICD 3 to a header

module or target board

4. MPLAB IDE Quick Start Guide (DS51281)

5. CD-ROM with MPLAB IDE software and on-line documentation

6. ICD 3 Test Interface Board

FIGURE 1-1: BASIC DEBUGGER SYSTEM

Additional hardware that may be ordered separately:

• Transition socket

• ICD headers

• MPLAB processor extension kits

MPLAB

ICD 3

Modular Cable

to Target Board

USB Cable to PC

Indicator

Lights

or Header