MPLAB® REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator User’s Guide For MPLAB X IDE 2013-2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002085D Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip devices: • Microchip products meet the specification contained in their particular Microchip Data Sheet. • Microchip believes that its family of products is one of the most secure families of its kind on the market today, when used in the intended manner and under normal conditions. • There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. All of these methods, to our knowledge, require using the Microchip products in a manner outside the operating specifications contained in Microchip’s Data Sheets. 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In addition, Microchip’s quality system for the design and manufacture of development systems is ISO 9001:2000 certified. DS50002085D-page 2 2013-2015 Microchip Technology Inc. Object of Declaration: MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator 2013-2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002085D-page 3 Emulator User’s Guide for MPLAB X IDE NOTES: DS50002085D-page 4 2013-2015 Microchip Technology Inc. MPLAB® REAL ICE™ IN-CIRCUIT EMULATOR USER’S GUIDE FOR MPLAB X IDE Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................... 9 Part 1 – Overview & Operation Chapter 1. About the Emulator 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 15 1.2 Emulator Features ........................................................................................ 15 1.3 How the Emulator Helps You ....................................................................... 15 1.4 Emulator System .......................................................................................... 16 1.5 Emulator Kit Components ............................................................................ 16 Chapter 2. Device and Feature Support Chapter 3. Operation 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Tools Comparison ........................................................................................ 20 3.3 Operational Overview ................................................................................... 21 3.4 Emulator Communications with the PC and Target ..................................... 22 3.5 Target Communication Connections ............................................................ 26 3.6 Trace Connections ....................................................................................... 29 3.7 Debugging with the Emulator ....................................................................... 32 3.8 Requirements For Debugging ...................................................................... 33 3.9 Programming with the Emulator ................................................................... 35 3.10 Resources Used by the Emulator ............................................................... 35 Part 2 – Features Chapter 4. Working with the Emulator 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 39 4.2 Installation and Setup ................................................................................... 39 4.3 Firmware Upgrades ...................................................................................... 40 4.4 Emulator Functions ...................................................................................... 41 4.5 Quick Debug/Program Reference ................................................................ 41 4.6 Debugger/Programmer Limitations .............................................................. 41 Chapter 5. Basic Debug Functions 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 43 5.2 Starting and Stopping Emulation .................................................................. 43 5.3 Viewing Processor Memory and Files .......................................................... 44 5.4 Breakpoints and Stopwatch .......................................................................... 44 2013-2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002085D-page 5 Emulator User’s Guide for MPLAB X IDE 5.5 Device Debug Functions .............................................................................. 45 Chapter 6. Specific Debug Functions 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 47 6.2 Data Capture and Runtime Watches ............................................................ 47 6.3 Instrumented Trace ...................................................................................... 50 6.4 PIC32 Instruction Trace – PIC32 MCUs Only .............................................. 57 6.5 Jump Trace – EP Devices Only ................................................................... 62 6.6 PC Sampling – 8- and 16-Bit MCUs Only .................................................... 63 6.7 PC Profiling – 32-Bit MCUs Only .................................................................. 66 6.8 Function Level Profiling ................................................................................ 68 6.9 Application In/Out ......................................................................................... 70 6.10 External Triggers ........................................................................................ 73 6.11 Additional Debug Features ......................................................................... 74 Part 3 – Troubleshooting Chapter 7. Troubleshooting First Steps 7.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................