User`s guide

MPLAB

IDE

USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using

MPLAB IDE. Items discussed include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service

• Customer Support

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the MPLAB IDE as a development tool to emulate

and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout is as follows:

Part 1 – MPLAB IDE

• Chapter 1: What is MPLAB IDE? – Describes MPLAB IDE and how it can help

develop an application.

• Chapter 2: A Basic Tutorial for MPLAB IDE – How to install MPLAB IDE

software and how to use the software to develop an example application.

• Chapter 3: Walk-Through and Detailed Tutorial – Walks through the necessary

steps to develop an application using MPLAB IDE. An example is given with each

step.

Part 2 – MPLAB IDE Features

• Chapter 4: Projects and Workspaces – Describes the use of MPLAB IDE

Projects and Workspaces when developing an application. Includes information

on the Project Wizard, version control systems and projects and single and

multiple file projects.

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and

documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs

and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site

(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.

Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each

page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is

“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the

document.

For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB

IDE on-line help.

Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files.