Installing...

[David John Barker]

Information on installing the XC32 toolsuite can be found here:

http://www.firewing.info/pmwiki.php?n=FirewingUser.XC32Toolsuite

[roger]

David,

I want to start a project using the Pic32. I always develop programs with hardware in MPLAB, using PicKit3 or other debugger.

If I follow the instructions in the article "Using Firewing with MPLAB", and download and install the XC32 toolsuite, is that sufficient to run MPLAB with an R2 board populated with a Pic32.

I searched the website but could not find this stated explicitly.

Thanks for your help

Roger

[David John Barker]

No, not quite. Here is what you need to do when using XC32

(1) Add a -t"microchip 32" command line option to MPLAB

(2) Because Firewing 32 does not generate COFF, you need to edit TLFWBasic.ini, installed under .."MPLAB IDE\Core\MTC Suites", so it looks something like this:

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[Language_Suite]
LanguageSuite=Firewing BASIC Compiler
DefaultFilename=default.bas
Source=BAS
Target=HEX
Output=HEX
Debug=HEX
MTC_Files=firewingbasic;mpasm

// Target=COF
// Output=LST;ERR;COD;HEX;COF
// Debug=COF
// MTC_Files=firewingbasic;mpasm

[roger]

So if Firewing32 does not produce COFF I would then be unable to single step Basic code, only in the disassembly listing - or have I misunderstood?

Roger

[David John Barker]

Firewing 32 does not generate debug information at the current time.

[roger]

Ok, thanks

[David John Barker]

I've made some changes to the MPLAB toolsuite files. You can download from here:

http://www.firewing.info/pmwiki.php?n=FirewingUser.MPLAB

If you already have the Firewing toolsuite installed, just copy over FirewingBasic.mtc and TLFWBasic.ini. When you next restart MPLAB, select PROJECT...BUILD OPTIONS to select either 16 or 32 bit compiler. Don't forget to change your processor in CONFIGURE...SELECT DEVICE. The compiler default to Firewing 16.

If you try the above files, please let me know if it works OK...