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MPLAB

MPLAB IDE
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Developer(s) Microchip Technology
Stable release
8.92 / July 23, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-07-23)
Development status Discontinued
Written in Visual C++
Operating system Microsoft Windows
License Proprietary EULA
MPLAB X IDE
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Developer(s) Microchip Technology
Stable release
3.50 / December 14, 2016; 4 months ago (2016-12-14)
Development status Active
Written in Java (programming language)
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
License Proprietary EULA
Website MPLAB X Homepage

MPLAB is a proprietary freeware integrated development environment for the development of embedded applications on PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers, and is developed by Microchip Technology.

MPLAB X is the latest edition of MPLAB, and is developed on the NetBeans platform. MPLAB and MPLAB X support project management, code editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers.

MPLAB is designed to work with MPLAB-certified devices such as the MPLAB ICD 3 and MPLAB REAL ICE, for programming and debugging PIC microcontrollers using a personal computer. PICKit programmers are also supported by MPLAB.

MPLAB 8.X is the last version of the legacy MPLAB IDE technology, custom built by Microchip Technology in Microsoft Visual C++. MPLAB supports project management, editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers. MPLAB only works on Microsoft Windows. MPLAB is still available from Microchip's archives, but is not recommended for new projects.

MPLAB supports the following compilers:

MPLAB X is the latest version of the MPLAB IDE built by Microchip Technology, and is based on the open-source NetBeans platform. MPLAB X supports editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers.


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