DS51795A Datasheet, PDF (88/98 Pages) Microchip Technology – PICkit™ 3 Programmer/Debugger

PICkit™ 3 User’s Guide
Plug-ins
The MPLAB IDE has both built-in components and plug-in modules to configure the
system for a variety of software and hardware tools. Several plug-in tools may be found
under the Tools menu.
Pod
MPLAB REAL ICE system: The box that contains the emulation control circuitry for the
ICE device on the header or target board. An ICE device can be a production device
with built-in ICE circuitry or a special ICE version of a production device (i.e.,
device-ICE).
MPLAB ICD 2/3: The box that contains the debug control circuitry for the ICD device
on the header or target board. An ICD device can be a production device with built-in
ICD circuitry or a special ICD version of a production device (i.e., device-ICD).
MPLAB ICE 2000/4000: The external debugger box that contains emulation memory,
trace memory, event and cycle timers, and trace/breakpoint logic.
Power-on-Reset Emulation
A software randomization process that writes random values in data RAM areas to
simulate uninitialized values in RAM upon initial power application.
Pragma
A directive that has meaning to a specific compiler. Often a pragma is used to convey
implementation-defined information to the compiler. MPLAB C30 uses attributes to
convey this information.
Precedence
Rules that define the order of evaluation in expressions.
PRO MATE II
No longer in Production. See the MPLAB PM3 device programmer.
A device programmer from Microchip. Programs most PIC microcontrollers as well as
most memory and KEELOQ devices. Can be used with MPLAB IDE or stand-alone.
Profile
For MPLAB SIM simulator, a summary listing of executed stimulus by register.
Program Counter
The location that contains the address of the instruction that is currently executing.
Program Counter Unit
A conceptual representation of the layout of program memory. The program counter
increments by 2 for each instruction word. In an executable section, 2 program counter
units are equivalent to 3 bytes. In a read-only section, 2 program counter units are
equivalent to 2 bytes.
Program Memory
The memory area in a device where instructions are stored. Also, the memory in the
debugger or simulator containing the downloaded target application firmware.
Program Memory
The memory area in a device where instructions are stored.
Project
A project contains the files needed to build an application (source code, linker script
files, etc.) along with their associations to various build tools and build options.
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