gnupic: Re: [gnupic] RE: [PIC] gputils-mplab
Subject:
RE: [gnupic] RE: [PIC] gputils-mplab
From:
Chen Xiao Fan ####@####.####
Date:
29 Sep 2005 06:43:13 +0100
Message-Id: <3B8AEFFADD3DD4118F8100508BACEC2C0A28928B@spex>
Thanks for the clarification. I guess Microchip will
probably not answer my question regarding the plug-in. ;-(
Actually I am quite curious about how you write
gputils-mplab. The specifications of the .mtc and .ini
file inside the plug-in directory are not published to the
public by Microchip. I assume it is only given to some
leading third party tool vendors. I could be wrong though.
C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Core\MTC Suites
The latest plug-ins from Hi-Tech is in dll format.
For example, the following is the batch file from
HiTech PICC18.
@echo off
regsvr32 "C:\HTSOFT\PIC18\Suite_HITECH18.dll"
I again assume that the format of the dll file is missing
from Microchip.
Anyway the tool suite plug-in is not really that important
for the use of gpasm. It is nice to have but not
essential. A simple makefile and a nice text editor
can do the job.
The more important plug-in is to let third-party programmers
(or debuggers if there is any cheaper ones) to be plugged into
MPLAB, for example, let xwisp2 be used inside MPLAB as an
alternative programmer.
C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\PICkit\MPPICkit.dll
is an example of such a plug-in (for PICkit 1). Again the
specification of such dll is missing from Microchip.
All in all, the above plug-ins are not so important than
the on-chip debug specifications and the communication protocol
(programming and debugging) of ICD2 to the public.
With gputils/gpsim/sdcc getting better and better and
open source programmers like JDM/WISP628/PICkit2, the only
missing tool is an open source hardware debugger which
support PIC16/18/dsPIC ...
Regards,
Xiaofan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Franklin
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:13 PM
To: ####@####.####
Subject: Re: [gnupic] RE: [PIC] gputils-mplab
That behavior is completely controlled by MPLAB. It is not a
gputils-mplab bug. Ask Microchip, if you figure out the answer,
please post it to this list.
