6.2 Personalized Notification Service

Microchip's personal notification service helps keep customers current on their Microchip products of interest. Subscribers will receive e-mail notification whenever there are changes, updates, revisions or errata related to a specified product family or development tool.

Please visit http://www.microchip.com/pcn to begin the registration process and select your preferences to receive personalized notifications. A FAQ and registration details are available on the page, which can be opened by selecting the link above.

When you are selecting your preferences, choosing “Development Systems” will populate the list with available development tools. The main categories of tools are listed below:

  • Compilers – The latest information on Microchip C compilers, assemblers, linkers and other language tools. These include all MPLAB C compilers; all MPLAB assemblers (including MPASM assembler); all MPLAB linkers (including MPLINK object linker); and all MPLAB librarians (including MPLIB object librarian).
  • Emulators – The latest information on Microchip in-circuit emulators.These include the MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulators
  • In-Circuit Debuggers – The latest information on Microchip in-circuit debuggers. These include the MPLAB ICD 3 and MPLAB ICD 4 in-circuit debuggers and PICkit 3 and MPLAB PICkit 4 in-circuit debuggers.
  • MPLAB® X IDE – The latest information on Microchip MPLAB X IDE, the multi-platform (Windows®, macOS, Linux®) Integrated Development Environment for development systems tools.
  • Programmers – The latest information on Microchip programmers. These include the device (production) programmers MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulator, MPLAB ICD 4 in-circuit debugger, MPLAB PICkit 4 in-circuit debugger, MPLAB PM3 and development (non-production) programmer and PICkit 3.
  • Starter/Demo Boards – These include MPLAB Starter Kit boards, PICDEM demo boards, and various other evaluation boards.