Add support for debugging under MPLAB

[Bob Shannon]

The simulator does not let me figure out what is happening to my hardware.

What is needed is a .COD file that would let me bring my mBasic code into MPLAB to use an ICD2, so I can debug my code on the actual hardware.

Also, why not use MPASM? The mBasic assembler is not working correctly (see my post on setting the LPOSCEN bit on a 30F6011A).

[zristic]

You can import the hex file into MPLAB:
1. Start MPLAB
2. Go to File-> Import
3. Point to HEX file generated by mikroBasic
4. Click Open.

Now your hex file is imported into MPLAB and is ready for ICD2 debugger. You can use ASM listing of mikroBasic to follow instructions flow.

At the moment it is the only way. We will make this procedure much easeir in future versions.

[guyfoc]

i am not an expert in asm but i tried also to debug some prog in mb.
that works in mplab but it is very difficult to find the variable name and locations to place in mplab

[zristic]

That is the way it is now. We tend to improve the simulator in mikroIDE. In each version it gets better and better. One day I hope all of us will be satisfied.

The incoming version has a much, much better simulator than the current one.

[javok]

Why I cannot import an .hex file to the mplab??
When I try to import a .hex, the mpllab shows: The format of the file "root\name.hex" can not be read or written because its extension was not recognized

[zristic]

That is a bug in mplab, you have to reinstall it.