We are currently working to support Microsoft’s new 32-bit operating system, VISTA. Our initial investigation shows no problems with ICD2, PICkit2, PICkit 1, ICE 4000, C18, PICSTART Plus, or the PRO MATE II.
Here are some changes to be aware of:
C30 v3.0 will run under VISTA when it is released later next week.
MPLAB ICE 2000 and PM3 will function by removing the Win98 drivers from the driver folder.
Our installer doesn’t know about Windows Vista yet, so it is dropping both the Windows 98 and Windows XP drivers into the directory. Windows Vista is then picking up the Win 98 driver rather than the Win XP driver and that is causing the error This will be corrected in the next release of MPLAB IDE, due out in April.
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So you’ve found an MPLAB IDE bug…
Please help us out by reporting it! A good bug report will help us expedite a fix.
Where should I send the bug report?
Submit the bug report as a support ticket [http://support.microchip.com]. The dedicated support team will get the message and attachments to the people who will investigate, track, and fix the bug. While many Microchip development-tool engineers participate in the web forums, we will not read every message.
What should I put in the bug report?
- Which tool and target device are you using? For example: 28-pin SDIP dsPIC33FJ12MC202 with the MPLAB PM3.
- The version of the tool component. You can get component version numbers under the Help menu > About MPLAB IDE.
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- The related component-specific options that you are using. Are you using the simulator’s real-time watch feature? ICD2’s “auto program after project build” feature?
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- A complete description of the behavior that you suspect is incorrect. Assume that the bug is not known. What did you expect to happen? What actually happened? For example: I set a breakpoint at address 0×800, but ICD2 ran through it rather than halting on the address.
- Any files (source code, project, & workspace files, etc.) that may help us reproduce the problem and a complete description of your hardware configuration.
Thanks for taking the time to report the issue. The support team at [http://support.microchip.com] will do their best to provide you with an effective work around and the Development Tools team will work to address the issue.
This release has the following new features:
· 64-bit USB Drivers – USB drivers for Windows Vista 64-bit operating system allows MPLAB ICD 2, MPLAB REAL ICE and other tools using USB interfaces to operate in both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platforms (XP-64 and Vista-64).
· Shadow SFRs – Some parts contain banked SFR sets, such as devices with CAN peripherals. MPLAB IDE now allows full monitoring and write access to those registers for debugging.
· Fast Stepping with 32 kHz Oscillators – Debugging targets at 32 kHz can be slow, since data speeds between MPLAB IDE and the device are rates limited by the clock speed. MPLAB IDE will switch to a faster internal oscillator when communicating to the device to speed up debugging.
· Peripheral Pin Select support in MPLAB SIM.
· Interface for Difference Tool – A generic facility is provided to launch a file difference checker.
· Persistent Bookmarks – Bookmarks will now be stored with the workspace, so that a re-launch of the workspace will also restore all bookmarks.
See the MPLAB v8.14 Release Notes for more information and a list of devices supported.