5 Debugger Features
In addition to basic debug features, the debugger has advanced debug features. Some debug features are dependent on other debug features.
To see if a specific debug feature is available for your device:
- In MPLAB X IDE, on the Help menu select “Release Notes.”
- In addition to Release Notes/Readmes, find Debug Features Support.
- Click on the link for “Hardware Tool Debug Features by Device.”
In addition to features already mentioned, this table specifies additional debug features.
| Feature | Microcontroller Family* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIC10/12/16 (8-bit) | PIC24, dsPIC (16-bit) | PIC32 (32-bit) | AVR (8-bit) | SAM (32-bit) | |
| Virtual COM Port | X | X | X | X | X |
| DGI | X | X | X | X | X |
| Basic Debug1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| SAM ITM/SWO Trace | X | ||||
| PC Profiling | X | ||||
| Debugger Polling | X | X | |||
| Power Monitoring | X | X | X | X | X |
| * Not all devices in a family have support.
See feature sections below for details. 1. Run/halt single step and break point, read/write memory. |
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