

This will open the download page for the XC compilers.If you want to give information about usage of the MPLAB software to Microchip.This is for production to mass flash PIC microcontrollers. Where the the program will be installed on the computer.There are a few screen that will be mentioned to configure the installation. Scroll down to the (1) download section (2) locate the MPLAB XC8 Compiler installer for your operating system and (3) click download.Īfter opening the installation it is mostly click next and agreeing to the licence agreement. Used the provided link above for MPLAB XC8 Compiler. The processes is identical to that of MPLAB X IDE.

Scroll down until you find the (1) download section then (2) locate the MPLAB X IDE for your operating system then (3) click the download link. The link provided above will take you to the download page for the MPLAB X IDE. We will not be covering Notepad++ install but it is worth a mention for the utility it provides for any software developer. It is also lightweight meaning it opens files fast. Simply put, it is a text editor with syntax highlighting for almost any programming language or file format and advanced system search feathers. One of the few reasons we have not switched to Linux. It translate C code to Assembler instructions and handles most of the overhead for us while still giving us the option to modify the overhead if needed. This is where the XC8 Compiler comes into play. Since the MPLAB X IDE only ships with an Assembler compiler we are going to need to install a C compiler. In the program we will be setting up projects, writing the code, programming and debugging the PIC microcontroller. This is the integrated development environment for PIC microcontrollers.
