businesses to examine every aspect of their product life cycle to maximize productivity and minimize expense. Easy-to-learn, low-cost common development tools are one way to reduce risk and time to market. Common Development Environment Whether you are designing with the smallest 8-bit PIC microcontroller, or a high-performance 16-bit PIC24 microcontroller or a dsPIC Digital Signal Controller, all share a common development environment. Microchip’s MPLAB® IDE Graphical User Interface MPLAB® IDE serves as the single, unified graphical user interface for Microchip and third-party Terminal interface program and menu programs software and hardware development tools. Moving between PICtail™ Plus Connector for future expansion boards tools, such as the included assembler, linker and visual Expansion connector to access the device’s full pin-out device initializer, is seamless and upgrading is easy. Start and bread board area today with the MPLAB IDE by downloading it for FREE from the Microchip web site – www.microchip.com. MPLAB® C30 C Compiler The MPLAB C30 C Compiler is a full-featured, ANSI Explorer 16 Development Board compliant optimizing compiler. The MPLAB C30 C Compiler The Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001) offers includes a complete ANSI C standard library, including a very economical way to evaluate the features and string manipulation, dynamic memory allocation, data performance of both the PIC24 microcontroller and the conversion, timekeeping and math libraries. The cost- dsPIC33F General Purpose Digital Signal Controller effective MPLAB C30 Compiler supports Microchip’s families. This board is an ideal prototyping tool to help you complete 16-bit portfolio of PIC24 microcontrollers and quickly develop and validate key design requirements. dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers. Start today with the Coupled with the MPLAB ICD 2 In Circuit Debugger MPLAB C30 by downloading the 60-day, full-featured (available separately), you now have real-time emulation demo for FREE from the Microchip web site at and debug facilities to speed your evaluation. www.microchip.com. Key Features: MPLAB® ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger 100-pin PIC24 and 100-pin dsPIC33F General Purpose Plug-in Modules (PIM) The MPLAB ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger is a powerful, low-cost all-in-one real-time emulation controller/programmer Microchip’s TC1047A high accuracy, analog output for PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC DSCs. Running under temperature sensor MPLAB IDE, MPLAB ICD 2 can debug Assembly or C Alpha-numeric 16 x 2 LCD Display source code, watch and modify variables, single step and set breakpoints. Key Features: USB or serial port connection to the PC Supports full PIC24 and dsPIC DSC supply voltage range Can be used as an inexpensive programmer MPLAB® ICD 2 Smart watch variable windows Advanced breakpoint features