MPLAB is a proprietary freeware

integrated development environment An integrated development environment (IDE) is a Application software, software application that provides comprehensive facilities for software development. An IDE normally consists of at least a source-code editor, build automation tools, an ...

for the development of embedded applications on PIC and dsPIC

microcontroller A microcontroller (MC, uC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Pro ...

s, and is developed by

Microchip Technology Microchip Technology Incorporated is a publicly listed American semiconductor corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Its corporate headquarters is located in Chandler, Arizona. ...

.Embedded C Programming and the Microchip PIC
Cengage Learning, 2004Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers
Newnes, 07-Nov-2009Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C
Elsevier, 2011PIC Microcontrollers: Know It All
Newnes, 30-Jul-2007Mechatronics with Experiments
John Wiley & Sons, 27-Jan-2015PIC Microcontrollers: An Introduction to Microelectronics
Elsevier, 2011Microcontroller Programming: The Microchip PIC
CRC Press, 19-Dec-2006Implementing 802.11 with Microcontrollers
Newnes, 18-Oct-2005 MPLAB Extensions for

Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code, commonly referred to as VS Code, is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code comp ...

and MPLAB X for

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platform are the latest editions of MPLAB,PIC Microcontroller Projects in C: Basic to Advanced
Newnes, 08-Apr-2014Microcontrollers: High-Performance Systems and Programming
CRC Press, 28-Oct-2013 including support for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems. MPLAB and MPLAB X support project management, code editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit PIC and AVR (including ATMEGA) microcontrollers, 16-bit PIC24 and dsPIC microcontrollers, as well as 32-bit SAM and PIC32 microcontrollers by Microchip Technology.MPLAB SNAP In-Circuit Debugger (DS50002787A)
Microchip, 2018Designing Embedded Systems with 32-Bit PIC
Newnes, 22-Aug-2013Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C: Exploring the PIC32
Newnes, 08-Apr-2011

MPLAB X

MPLAB X is the latest version of the MPLAB IDE built by

,MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
/ref> and is based on the open-source

platform. It replaced the older MPLAB 8.x series, which had its final release (version 8.92) on July 23, 2013. MPLAB X is the first version of the IDE to include cross-platform support for

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and

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operating systems, in addition to

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. It supports editing, very buggy debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC

s. It supports automatic code generation with the MPLAB Code Configurator and the ''MPLAB Harmony'' Configurator plugins. MPLAB X supports the following compilers: *MPLAB XC8 — C compiler for 8-bit PIC and AVR devicesMPLAB SNAP In-Circuit Debugger (DS50002787A)
Microchip, 2018MPLAB® XC Compilers
Microchip *MPLAB XC16 — C compiler for 16-bit PIC devices *MPLA
XC-DSC
- C compiler for dsPIC family of devices *MPLAB XC32 — C/ C++ compiler for 32-bit MIPS-based PIC32 and ARM-based SAM devices MPLAB SNAP In-Circuit Debugger (DS50002787A)
Microchip, 2018 *HI-TECH C — C compiler for 8-bit PIC devices (discontinued) * SDCC — open-source 8-bit C compiler Debugger bugs: * Memory view crashes the whole IDE when searching for an address * Step over sometimes steps in and step out doesn't work * Disassembler view is buggy showing incorrect instructions * Phantom breakpoints that can't be cleared * Automatic firmware update sometimes fail requiring full erase of SNAP

MPLAB 8.x

MPLAB 8.x is the discontinued version of the legacy MPLAB IDE technology, custom built by

in Microsoft

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. MPLAB supports project management, editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC

s. MPLAB only works on

. MPLAB is still available from Microchip's archives, but is not recommended for new projects. It is designed to work with MPLAB-certified devices such as the MPLAB ICD 3 and MPLAB REAL ICE, for programming and debugging PIC microcontrollers using a

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. PICKit programmers are also supported by MPLAB. MPLAB supports the following compilers: *MPLAB MPASM Assembler *MPLAB ASM30 Assembler *MPLAB C Compiler for PIC18 *MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC DSCs *MPLAB C Compiler for PIC32 *HI-TECH C

References

External links

Microchip MPLAB Website
Embedded systems {{Microchip Technology