MPLAB is a proprietary freeware integrated development environment for the development of embedded applicationsonPIC and dsPIC microcontrollers, and is developed by Microchip Technology.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
MPLAB Extensions for Visual Studio Code and MPLAB X for NetBeans platform are the latest editions of MPLAB.[9][10][11] MPLAB and MPLAB X support project management, code editing, debugging and programming of Microchip 8-bit PIC and AVR (including ATMEGA) microcontrollers, 16-bit PIC24 and dsPIC microcontrollers, as well as 32-bit SAM (ARM) and PIC32 (MIPS) microcontrollers.[12][13][14]
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 X supports automatic code generation with the MPLAB Code Configurator and the MPLAB Harmony Configurator plugins.
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| Developer(s) | Microchip Technology |
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| Stable release | 6.20[15] / January 31, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-01-31) |
| Written in | Java (programming language) |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows >7, Mac OS X, Linux[15] |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | MPLAB X Homepage |
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.
MPLAB X is the first version of the IDE to include cross-platform support for macOS and Linux operating systems, in addition to Microsoft Windows.
MPLAB X supports the following compilers:
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| Developer(s) | Microchip Technology |
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| Final release | 8.92[19] / July 23, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-07-23) |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | www |
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.[19]
MPLAB supports the following compilers:[19]
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