MPLAB IPE User's Guide MPLAB IPE (Integrated Programming Environment) User's Guide Notice to Customers Important: All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our website (www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available. Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is “DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the document. For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB® X IDE online help. Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files. © 2020 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS50002227E-page 1 MPLAB IPE User's Guide Table of Contents Notice to Customers.......................................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1. Conventions Used in This Guide..................................................................................................4 1.2. Recommended Reading...............................................................................................................5 2. MPLAB IPE Overview............................................................................................................................. 6 2.1. IPE Defined.................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2. Software Installation Requirements..............................................................................................6 2.3. Programming Tools Supported.....................................................................................................7 2.4. IPE Modes....................................................................................................................................7 3. General Setup......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Launching the MPLAB IPE Application........................................................................................ 9 3.2. Setting Up the Programmer..........................................................................................................9 3.3. Advanced Mode Login................................................................................................................11 3.4. Advanced Mode Settings........................................................................................................... 13 4. MPLAB IPE Reference..........................................................................................................................24 4.1. IPE Main Window.......................................................................................................................24 4.2. File Menu....................................................................................................................................25 4.3. Settings Menu............................................................................................................................ 26 4.4. View Menu..................................................................................................................................28 4.5. Tools Menu.................................................................................................................................30 4.6. Window Menu.............................................................................................................................30 4.7. Help Menu..................................................................................................................................30 5. Revision History.................................................................................................................................... 31 5.1. Revision A (December 2013)..................................................................................................... 31 5.2. Revision B (August 2015)...........................................................................................................31 5.3. Revision C (March 2017)............................................................................................................31 5.4. Revision D (June 2018)..............................................................................................................31 5.5. Revision E (April 2020)...............................................................................................................31 6. Support..................................................................................................................................................33 6.1. Warranty Registration.................................................................................................................33 6.2. Microchip Web Site.................................................................................................................... 33 6.3. Personalized Notification Service...............................................................................................33 6.4. Customer Support...................................................................................................................... 34 The Microchip Website.................................................................................................................................35 Product Change Notification Service............................................................................................................35 Customer Support........................................................................................................................................ 35 Product Identification System.......................................................................................................................36 Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature................................................................................................36 © 2020 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS50002227E-page 2 MPLAB IPE User's Guide Legal Notice................................................................................................................................................. 37 Trademarks.................................................................................................................................................. 37 Quality Management System....................................................................................................................... 37 Worldwide Sales and Service.......................................................................................................................38 © 2020 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS50002227E-page 3 MPLAB IPE User's Guide Introduction 1. Introduction This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the MPLAB® Integrated Programming Environment (IPE) installed. This document is compatible with the version of the IPE installed with MPLAB X IDE v5.40 or greater. 1.1 Conventions Used in This Guide This manual uses the following documentation conventions: Table 1-1. Documentation Conventions Description Represents Examples Arial font: Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide Emphasized text ...is the only compiler... Initial caps A window the Output window A dialog the Settings dialog A menu selection select Enable Programmer Quotes A field name in a window or dialog “Save project before build” Underlined, italic text with right A menu path File>Save angle bracket Bold characters A dialog button Click OK A tab Click the Power tab N‘Rnnnn A number in verilog format, where N is 4‘b0010, 2‘hF1 the total number of digits, R is the radix and n is a digit. Text in angle brackets < > A key on the keyboard Press <Enter>, <F1> Courier New font: Plain Courier New Sample source code #define START Filenames autoexec.bat File paths c:\mcc18\h Keywords _asm, _endasm, static Command-line options -Opa+, -Opa- Bit values 0, 1 Constants 0xFF, ‘A’ Italic Courier New A variable argument file.o, where file can be any valid filename Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments mcc18 [options] file [options] Curly brackets and pipe Choice of mutually exclusive errorlevel {0|1} character: { | } arguments; an OR selection © 2020 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS50002227E-page 4 MPLAB IPE User's Guide Introduction ...........continued Description Represents Examples Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...] Represents code supplied by user void main (void) { ... } 1.2 Recommended Reading This user's guide describes how to use Microchip MPLAB IPE. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources. Multi-Tool Design Advisory (DS51764) Please read this first! This document contains important information about operational issues that should be considered when using the MPLAB IPE with your target design. MPLAB X IDE Online Help This is an essential document to be used with any Microchip