User`s guide

© 2006 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51519B-page 97
MPLAB
®
IDE
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 8. Integrated Software/Hardware Tools
8.1 INTRODUCTION
MPLAB IDE is designed to work with many Microchip and third party software/hard-
ware development tools. For information on language tools supported by MPLAB IDE,
see Chapter 7. “Integrated Language Tools”.
•Editors
• Simulators
• In-Circuit Emulators
• In-Circuit Debuggers
• Programmers
• Support Tools
• Third Party Tools
8.2 EDITORS
MPLAB IDE supports the MPLAB Editor.
Help Files
From the MPLAB IDE Help menu, select Topics and then select under System:
• MPLAB Editor
Related Topics
• Chapter 15. “Using the Editor”
8.3 SIMULATORS
The following Microchip simulator is supported:
* See the related Readme file in the MPLAB IDE installation directory for a list of
supported devices.
Help Files
From the MPLAB IDE Help menu, select Topics and then select under Debugger:
• MPLAB SIM
Related Topics
• Section 8.8 “Third Party Tools”
Simulator Name Devices Simulated*
MPLAB
®
SIM Simulator PICmicro
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MCUs, dsPIC
®
DSCs