Creating A Hex File - Microchip Technology MPLAB ICD 3 User Manual

FIGURE 5-7:
Here you may allow the debugger to automatically choose the programming ranges
(recommended) or you may select ranges manually.
• The "Memories" section should have "Program" checked, and "EEPROM" and
"ID" unchecked. When using the MPLAB ICD 3 in-circuit debugger as a debugger,
Configuration bits will always be programmed and the "Configuration" box will be
checked and grayed out.
• For the PIC24FJ devices, all memory will be erased each time the chip is
programmed. Therefore, in the "Program Options" section, "Erase all before
Program" will have no effect.
• The "Program Memory" addresses ("Start" and "End" address) set the range of
program memory that will be read, programmed or verified.
When debugging code, you will frequently repeat the edit, rebuild, reprogram and run
sequence. To automate this, there are checkboxes "Program after successful build"
and "Run after successful program". Leave these unchecked for now.
5.7

CREATING A HEX FILE

To create a hex file for debugging:
• On the Project toolbar, select "Debug" from the Build Configuration drop-down list.
• Select Project>Build All or right click on the project name in the project window
and select "Build All" from the popup menu.
The project will build (Figure 5-8), and the resulting .hex file will have the same name
as the project (Figure 5-9). The hex file is the code that will be programmed into the
target device.
Note:
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DEBUGGER PROGRAM MEMORY TAB
Depending on the build options selected, your Output window may look
different from Figure 5-8 (Project>Build Options>Project, MPLAB C30 and
MPLAB LINK30 tabs.)
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