Simulator

The MPLAB® X IDE includes a powerful discrete-event simulator for:

  • PIC®, AVR® and SAM Microcontroller (MCU) Families
  • dsPIC® Digital Signal Controller (DSC) Families

The simulator is integrated into the MPLAB X IDE integrated development environment. The simulator debugging tool is designed to model the operation of Microchip Technology's devices to assist in debugging software.

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Not all devices in families are currently supported.

Features

MPLAB X Simulator allows you to:

  • Modify object code and immediately re-execute it
  • Inject external stimuli to the simulated processor - stimulus is the simulation of hardware signals
  • Set pin and register values at pre-specified intervals
  • Trace the execution of the object code
  • Code coverage to detect “dead” code areas
  • Extract data for validation
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Not all simulator features are supported. See the "MPLAB X IDE Release Notes" for more on supported and unsupported features.

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