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The main editor provides full syntax highlighting of your code with context sensitive keyword help and syntax hints. The code explorer allows you to automatically jump to include files, defines, constants, variables, aliases and modifiers, symbols and labels, that are contained within your source code. Full cut, copy, paste and undo is provided, together with search and replace features. MicroCode Studio now includes EasyHID Wizard, a free code generation tool that enables a user to quickly implement bi-directional communication between an embedded PIC™ microcontroller and a PC.
It's easy to set up your compiler, assembler and programmer options or you can let MicroCode Studio do it for you with its built in autosearch feature. Compilation and assembler errors can easily be identified and corrected using the error results window. Just click on a compilation error and MicroCode Studio will automatically take you to the error line. MicroCode Studio even comes with a serial communications window, allowing you to debug and view serial output from your microcontroller.
Each line of source code is animated in the main editor window, showing you which program line is currently being executed by the host microcontroller. You can even toggle multiple breakpoints and step through your PICBASIC PRO™ code line by line.
Using the MicroCode Studio ICD can really help accelerate program development. It's also a lot of fun and a great tool for learning more about programming PIC microcontrollers.
MicroCode Studio is completely free for non-commercial use. It is not time limited in any way and it does not have any nag screens. However, you can only use one ICD model with MicroCode Studio (please note, if you are using the PICBasic PRO demo version, you will not be able to use the ICD). MicroCode Studio is not copyright free. If you wish to redistribute MicroCode Studio, or make it available on another server, you must contact Mecanique and obtain permission first. Thank you.
If you would like to use more than one ICD model, you should consider purchasing MicroCode Studio Plus. If you are a commercial organisation or educational establishment and want to use MicroCode Studio, you need to purchase a MicroCode Studio Plus license. The software is supplied on CD ROM. MicroCode Studio Plus now includes a free bootloader application. MicroCode Loader enables you to program most of the PIC 16F87x(A) and 18Fxxx(x) series of microcontrollers without the need of a hardware programmer.
You can purchase MicroCode Studio Plus from the following.
MicroCode Studio and MicroCode Studio Plus will run under Windows 98 SE, ME, WindowsNT with service pack 6, Windows 2000 and XP. If you find any problems with using the software on these platforms, please drop me an email.
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