User`s guide

MPLAB

IDE User’s Guide

Buttons – File Stimulus

These buttons enable you to save and restore combined file setups.

• Save Setup saves the names of the files currently in the file list into a file.

• Load Setup loads the filenames in a file into the file list, just as though you had

added them individually.

Table Entries

• Trigger On – choose between Cycles (Instruction Cycles) and PC (Program

Counter). The selection determines what is available in some of the remaining

cells in that row.

• Trig Value – Cycle count or the PC address at which the trigger fires. Value

entered can be decimal or hexadecimal. Hex numbers must be preceded with 0x.

• Pin/Register – where to apply the value; a choice among the names of the

available pins and registers. The actual names depend on the device selected in

the IDE.

• Value – value to be applied when the trigger occurs. For a Pin, either ‘0’ or ‘1’. For

a Register, a single value or the name of a file which contains a sequence of val-

ues. These values will be applied in turn, one at each trigger event.

• Comments – text string which will be saved and restored in the file.

Note: There is currently no way to view the combined contents of a File Stimulus

setup.

Note: A Register stimulus will be effective only with a PC trigger. You may specify

a Cycle trigger for a Register, but it will have no effect. In addition, Register

values must be specified from a file; specifying a numeric value will have

no effect.