Release Notes for Third Party Tools for MPLAB® X IDE
MPLAB X IDE v2.20
September 2, 2014
Table of Contents
4 Repairs and Enhancements Made
MPLAB X IDE supports development tools from many different vendors. If you encounter problems using the tools with MPLAB X IDE, see the vendor website for more tool information. Also ensure you have the latest version of the tools and associated MPLAB X IDE plug-ins.
The plug-ins can be downloaded from the plug-in portal using the MPLAB X IDE plug-in manager. See the MPLAB X IDE documentation for how to install a plug-in.
Many third party tools and venders are listed on the Microchip third-party website (see next section). Others include:
·
FreeRTOS™ (http://www.freertos.org)
Note: The 8-bit FreeRTOS is not supported by Microchip’s RTOS viewers.
· MPLAB X IDE supports the following Version Control programs under the Team menu:
· CVS (http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/ide/cvs.html)
· Subversion® (http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/ide/subversion.html)
· Mercurial (http://wiki.netbeans.org/MercurialVersionControl)
Through the use of external plug-ins, support for the following VC programs may be added:
· Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe® (http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqVSSProfile)
· MATLAB/Simulink (http://www.mathworks.com/)
· Gimpel PC-LINT/MISRA (http://www.gimpel.com/html/pcl.htm)
· SEGGER J-Link (http://www.segger.com/jlink-debug-probes.html)
· Proteus VSM MPLAB Viewer (http://www.labcenter.com/support/vdmmplab.cfm)
· LDRA Rules for MPLAB X (http://www.ldra.com/en/ldrarules)
Information on Third Party Development Tools and Design Resources may be found at:
http://www.microchip.com/devtoolthirdparty/
A video that describes how to install and use the CCS compiler plug-in is available here:
· SEGGER J-Link debug probe support. See on-line help for support details.
XPI-47: [SEGGER J-Link] Error messages reported using MPLAB X IDE and Segger plugin are cryptic.
XPI-49: [SEGGER J-Link] MPLAB X IDE dash board does not reflect the number of set breakpoints correctly using SEGGER J-Link probe. Even when a breakpoint is used, all breakpoints are shown as available.