Introduction

PIC32CM devices are a family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) from Microchip Technology, based on the Arm® Cortex®-M0+ and M23 cores. These devices offer higher performance, more memory and advanced peripherals compared to traditional 8-bit microcontrollers such as the AVR® and PIC16/PIC18 families. For users migrating to a PIC32CM MCU, this document helps ease the migration process by comparing the different tools used in developing AVR, PIC16/PIC18, and PIC32CM applications, with a focus on Microsoft® Visual Studio Code (VS Code®) based tools.