PIC microcontroller development environment construction_MPLAB X IDE installation steps

Getting familiar with the development environment is the first step to learn MCU. Now let's introduce the development environment of PIC. The development environment of PIC includes the old MPLAB IDE and the latest MPLAB X IDE.

MPLAB X IDE is more convenient to write code than the old MPLAB IDE, and the probability of error is also lower because MPLAB X IDE always detects writing errors.

MPLAB X IDE Installation:

The first step is to install the JAVA operating environment (because MPLAB X IDE is written in JAVA)

Install jdk 6.1 (jdk includes the runtime environment jre, of course, you can also install only jre)

Double-click jdk-6u10-rc2-bin-b32-windows-i586-p-12_sep_2008.exe to install JDK 6.1

Step 2: Install the development environment MPLAB X IDE

mplabx-ide-v1.10-windows-installer.exe

Step 3 Install the C compiler 

We use the PIC/10/12/16 series, just install picc-9_81-win.exe.

After the installation is complete, two icons will appear on the desktop.

MPLAB driver switcher driver selection If you have both MPLAB IDE 8 and MPLAB X IDE installed on your computer, it is used to select which software to use with a debugger such as ICD PICkit.

MPLAB X IDE v1.10 Development Environment

Create a project:

1 Open MPLAB X IDE, File->New Project pop-up window, select Microchip Embedded in Categories:, and then select Standalone Project in Projects:.  

2 Click next, and then select the microcontroller model in Device, such as: PIC16LF1823.

3 Click next, uncheck whether to support debug header

4 Click next and select tools such as; select ICD3

5 Click next and select the compiler, such as: select HI-TECH PICC (V9.81)

6 Click Next, enter the project name in Project Name, such as myproject, click Browse... to select the path where the project files are stored, and then click Finish to complete the project creation.

7 In the Projects window, you can see the project we created.

8 Right click Source Files ->New->C Main File.... A window New C Main File pops up, click Finish to create the source file.

9 We can write C program code in it.

10 After writing the code, you can compile it by clicking the button on the toolbar

11 Flash Click on the toolbar

Replenish: 

If ICD3 is used for programming, how can I choose internal power supply?

1. File->Project Properties pop-up window

2. Click ICD3 in Categories, and then select Power from the drop-down list in Option categories.

3. Check Power target circuit from ICD3 and select the voltage in Voltage Level (usually the default is fine).