MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger User's Guide

MPLAB ® ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger User’s Guide5.2 SETTING UP THE ENVIRONMENT AND SELECTING THE DEVICEBefore beginning this tutorial, follow the steps in Chapter 3. “Installation” to set up theMPLAB IDE software and MPLAB ICD 3 system hardware. Double click on the MPLABIDE icon to launch the application. Once launched, the MPLAB IDE desktop shouldappear.FIGURE 5-1:MPLAB ® IDE DESKTOPSelecting the DeviceTo select the device for this tutorial:1. Select Configure>Select Device.2. In the Device Selection dialog, choose “PIC24FJ128GA010” from the Device listbox. The light icon next to “MPLAB ICD 3” in the “Microchip ToolProgrammer/Debugger Tool Support” sections should be green.3. Click OK.5.3 CREATING THE APPLICATION CODEFor this tutorial, two C programs (counter.c and timer.c) will be used. The codefor each is shown below.1. Using Windows ® Explorer, create a project folder and directory, for example,C:\Projects\ICD3Tut.2. Open an editor window by selecting File>New. Enter the code for the firstprogram (see text for counter.c) in this window and save to theproject\directory folder.3. Open another editor window by selecting File>New. Enter the code for thesecond program (see text for timer.c) in this window and save to theproject\directory folder.DS51766A-page 30© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc.