Microchip MPLAB-X - Integration on Windows

Synopsys

This guide illustrates how to integrate ERIKA Enterprise v3 in Microchip MPLAB-X IDE.

Preconditions

• Download the MPLAB-X Scripts package from ERIKA Enterprise v3 download page.
• Extract the downloaded package (ee3_MPLAB-X_scripts_YYYYMMDD_ghNN.zip) in "C:\Evidence" folder.
• Rename extracted "ee3_MPLAB-x" folder in "erika3".
• Download and Install MPLAB-X IDE v4.05 for windows.
• Download and Install MPLAB XC16 C Compiler v1.33 for windows.
• dsPIC33EV 5V CAN-LIN STARTER KIT board connected to PC via USB cable.

MPLAB-X IDE User Makefile Project

• Click on File->New Project... menu entry as shown in the following figure:

Figure 1: MPLAB-X IDE New Project.

• The MPLAB-X IDE Project Wizard will open as shown in the following figure:

Figure 2: MPLAB-X IDE Project Wizard.

• Select Microchip Embedded" folder into Categories" Panel.

• Select User Makefile Project project into Projects Panel.

• Click on Next > button.

• The wizard will show the window to select the Device as shown in the following figure:

Figure 3: MPLAB-X IDE Device Selection.

• Select the correct device: 16-bit DSCs (dsPIC33) and dsPIC33EV256GM106.

• Click on Next > button to let the Wizard to show the available debugging tools as shown in the following figure:

Figure 4: MPLAB-X IDE Tool Selection.

• Select the correct tool: PICKit 3 Starter Kit....

• Click on Next > button to let the Wizard to show the project name and folder as shown in the following figure:

Figure 5: MPLAB-X IDE Project Name and Folder Selection.

• Fill the Project Name field (e.g erika3app).

• Browse the Project Loaction (e.g. C:\Evidence\MPLABXProjects)

• Click on Next > button to create User Makefile as shown in the following figure:

Figure 6: MPLAB-X IDE User Makefile Creation.

• Fill Working Directory field with . (dot).

• Fill Build command and Debug build command fields with ee3_app.bat.

• Fill Clean command" field with ee3_clean.bat.

• Fill Image name and Debug image name fields with out/erika3app.elf.

• Finally, click on the Finish button to instantiate the MPLAB-X IDE Project from with chosen options as shown in the following figure:

Figure 7: MPLAB-X IDE Project.

• Click on Files tab-sheet of the upper-left panel to show the Project Files as shown in the following figure:

Figure 8: MPLAB-X IDE Project Files.

• Copy the following script files from C:\Evidence\erika3\mplabx folder into project folder as shown in the following figure:
  • ee3_app.bat
  • ee3_cfg.bat
  • ee3_clean.bat

Figure 9: MPLAB-X IDE Script Files.

• Copy example source files from any C:\Evidence\erika3\examples sub-folder into project folder as shown in the following figure:

Figure 10: MPLAB-X IDE Example Source Files.

Additional Notes

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