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PIC18F4550 Datasheet

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FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

ICD3 ( In-circuit debugger )

MPLAB ICD 3, In-Circuit Debugger System is Microchip’s most cost effective high-speed hardware debugger/programmer for Microchip microcontrollers. ICD3 debugs and programs PIC Flash microcontrollers and dsPIC DSCs with the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is an excellent development tool with nice GUI(graphical user interface).

Working with MPLAB ICD 3, and its configuration are quite simple. There is a USB cable and RJ11 standard cable associated with In-Circuit Debugger hardware tool. ICD3 is connected to the PC using high-speed USB 2.0 interface and is connected to the RJ11 port of OpenLabTM PIC with a connector compatible with the MPLAB ICD 2 or MPLAB REAL ICE systems (RJ-11). For the current list of supported devices, review the latest release notes located in microchip web. The firmware is continually being updated to add support for new devices. Updated version of firmware can be downloaded from Microchip website.

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PICkit 3

Microchip’s PICkit 3 In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer uses in-circuit debugging logic incorporated into each chip with Flash memory to provide a lowcost hardware debugger and programmer. In-circuit debugging offers several benefits like, low cost compared to other debugger tools, Minimum of additional hardware needed for debug and no expensive sockets or adapters required. The PICkit 3 has one another important feature that, programmer-To-Go function, which allows reprogram any PIC microcontroller with the code once downloaded to the EEPROM of In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer.

The MPLAB PICkit 3 allows debugging and programming of PIC® and dsPIC® Flash microcontrollers at a most affordable price point using the powerful graphical user interface of the MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

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ICSP programmers

ICSP has been primarily implemented by Microchip Technology for programming PIC and dsPIC devices. There are a number of ICSP programmers for PIC microcontrollers are available in the market for cheap price. No external power needed for this type of programmers.

On board power Indicator LED is available in most of ICSP programmers and support 18-pin, 28-pin and 40-pin 8-bit PIC microcontroller. In OpenLabTM PIC there is one 6 pin ICSP header (ICSP port, j1) is provided on PIC BOARD for connecting ICSP programmer

FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT

MPLAB IDE

MPLAB IDE is a free, integrated toolset for the development of embedded applications on Microchip’s PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers. MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software package with software and hardware development tools are integrated in it.

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MPLAB X IPE

MPLAB Integrated Programming Environment (IPE) is a software application that provides quick accessing features for programming PIC microcontrollers. MPLAB IPE provides a secure programming environment for production programming. The IPE uses the MDB (Microchip Debugger) Core and MPLAB® X IDE framework to provide all the programming capabilities for all Microchip programmers. It runs on Windows®, Mac OS®, and Linux®.

PICkit3 programmer software

The PICkit 3 Programmer Application is a standalone programming software allows to program all supported devices listed in the PICkit 3 Readme file with quick access and programming feature without using the MPLAB IDE. The programming feature along with erase, read functionalities are included in it. This is one of the easy programming tools from microchip development tools.

Realterm : Serial Terminal

Realterm is an engineers terminal program specially designed for capturing, controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is the best tool for debugging comms.

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