User`s guide

MPLAB

IDE User’s Guide

12.11 MEMORY USAGE GAUGE

This window displays the amount of program and data memory currently being used in

the active project.

You will see that the memory usage gauge reading is different than that of memory

usage in a generated map file. This is because the gauge shows only values in program

memory, where as the map file includes all values, i.e., .config, .eedata, and .idlocs.

12.12 LCD PIXEL WINDOW

The LCD Pixel window displays LCD output (upper portion of window) when the device

LCD function is enabled (SFRs in lower portion of window). All LCD pixels (squares)

will be background gray when LCD functionality is disabled. When enabled, pixels will

appear either white (off or ‘0’) or dark gray (on or ‘1’).

• LCD Pixel Window Display

• LCD Pixel Window Menu

• LCD Pixel Window FAQ

Note: You must use the linker to generate your code for this gauge to work, i.e.,

a *.cof or *.elf debug file must be generated.

percentage of

memory used

bytes used

bytes

available

units* used

units*

available

*Program memory units are dependent on device, e.g., words

for the PIC16F877A, bytes for the PIC18F8720.