Microchip Development System

Almost every aspect of our daily lives is guided by some kind of computer or service running on an electronic device, or machine. These are mostly programmed using different kinds of computer applications, and with Microchip Development System you’re able to develop your own set of actions for microchips, and upload them via COM ports.

With the application installed, you can run it to start programming. Luckily, you can use knowledge related to different coding languages such as C, CPP, CXX, H, HPP, INO, TXT, HEX, ASM, LST, HTM, BAS, JAVA, and SH, with the possibility to import existing scripts from these types of files, but also save as your projects this way.

The interface’s center area is the text pad where all text goes, just as you would normally write your code in a preferred IDE. Sadly, line numbering is not enabled on the side, but the built-in syntax highlighter is sure to help you easily identify code.

Multiple panels can be enabled in the main window, depending on the resource type you’re interested to track. For instance, output shows every line of code as it’s processed, the terminal shows all connected devices through COM ports, with more for registers, memory statistics, variables, callstack, and disassembly.

At any point during development, functionality can be tested out with different options found in the debug menu. This can simply be initiated to see if there are any errors in your code. It can be restarted for more tests, stopped, break, with the possibility to specify break points.

The application also comes with it’s own component to build the project. In the end, your projects come out as HEX files, and if the connection is active, it can be directly uploaded to the target device.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Microchip Development System is a powerful application with which to create functionality rules for microchips, test them out, and upload them through connected COM ports. Debugging helps you track any possible code errors, with code support for different programming languages, and intuitive overall development process.