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This is the latest version (as of Dec 2010) and will work on Windows only.
This is the latest version (as of Dec 2010) and will work on Windows only.


Go to [http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en019469&part=SW007002 the Microchip IDE download page] and download MPLAB IDE v8.63. Extract MPLAB_IDE_v8_63.zip and run setup.exe. Accept the licensing conditions and do a 'Complete' installation in the default location.
Go to [http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en019469&part=SW007002 the Microchip IDE download page] and download MPLAB IDE v8.63. Extract MPLAB_IDE_v8_63.zip and run setup.exe. Accept the licensing conditions and do a 'Complete' installation in the default location. You do not have to install HI-TECH C (a pop-up at the end of the MPLAB installation process).


== MPLAB X Beta ==
== MPLAB X Beta ==

Revision as of 17:36, 3 January 2011

**THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS NOT COMPLETE** **NDM 01/03/2011**

MPLABv8.63

This is the latest version (as of Dec 2010) and will work on Windows only.

Go to the Microchip IDE download page and download MPLAB IDE v8.63. Extract MPLAB_IDE_v8_63.zip and run setup.exe. Accept the licensing conditions and do a 'Complete' installation in the default location. You do not have to install HI-TECH C (a pop-up at the end of the MPLAB installation process).

MPLAB X Beta

This is the cross-platform version of MPLAB (will work on MAC/Windows/Linux, based on NetBeans) but is still in Beta.

To download and install MPLAB X Beta, go to the MPLAB X page. Click Download on the upper left.

MPLAB X Beta page.


Read the conditions, check the box and click Accept.

MPLAB X license.


Select your platform, the MPLAB X IDE, and the MPLAB C32 Lite Compiler for PIC32 MCUs and click Download Now.

MPLAB X download.


When the downloads are complete, run mplabxidebeta.exe on Windows, or MPLABX-betaxxxx.dmg on Mac OSX to get to the MPLABX installer. Follow the instructions to install the program on your computer in the default location. On a Mac, it will install in Applications/microchip.

Now run mplabc32.exe on Windows, or the mplabc32 installer on Mac OSX. Follow the instructions to install the compiler on your computer in the default location.

You are now ready to write code to run on the PIC32.