PIC24FJ256DA206-IPT Datasheet, PDF (17/20 Pages) Microchip Technology – 16-bit Embedded Control Solutions PIC24 Microcontrollers • dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers

World Class Development Tools
MPLAB X IDE
Universal and Integrated Tool Set
MPLAB X IDE is a single, universal graphical user interface
for Microchip and third party software and hardware
development tools. It is the industry’s only IDE to support
an entire portfolio of 800+ 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PIC
MCUs, dsPIC DSCs and memory devices.
MPLAB X supports Microchip’s compilers, emulators,
debuggers and starter kits, as well as many third-party
tools. Moving between all of your favorite Microchip tools
and upgrading from software simulators to hardware
debugging and programming tools is simple with this IDE’s
seamless user interface.
Powerful Yet User-Friendly Interface
With complete project management, visual call graphs, a
configurable watch window and a feature-rich editor that
includes code-completion, context menus and a task navigator,
MPLAB X is flexible and friendly enough for new users.
MPLAB X is also fully equipped for the needs of
experienced users with the ability to support multiple
tools on multiple projects with multiple configurations and
simultaneous debugging.
Open-Source Platform
Based on the NetBeans™ Platform, MPLAB X supports a
host of free software components and plug-ins from the
NetBeans community for high-performance application
development customized to your needs. In addition to
local file history, MPLAB X is also compatible with revision
control plug-ins and Bugzilla.
Cross-Platform
Using MPLAB X, users can run their favorite toolset and
develop their next embedded application on Windows®,
Linux or Mac OS X.
MPLAB XC16 C Compiler for PIC24 MCUs and
dsPIC DSCs
The MPLAB XC16 C Compiler includes a complete ANSI
C standard library, including string manipulation, dynamic
memory allocation, data conversion, timekeeping and
math libraries. The compiler has a powerful code optimizer.
Other 16-bit MCU compilers generate as much as 165%
larger code for the same application.
The assembler comes with the MPLAB XC C Compiler and
may be used with the compiler or as an assembler. It is a
full-featured macro assembler. User defined macros,
conditional assembly and a variety of assembler directives
make the assembler a power code generation tool.
Download a full-featured, time-restricted
eval version of the MPLAB XC16 C
Compiler for PIC24 MCUs or dsPIC DSCs from
the Microchip web site for evaluation.
www.microchip.com/compilers
Available for MPLAB X IDE
MPLAB X SIM Software Simulator
The MPLAB X SIM Software Simulator is a full-featured,
cycle accurate software simulator. In addition to simulating
the CPU and the instruction set, it also supports key
peripherals.
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