5.7 Power Monitor

The MPLAB ICD 5 In-Circuit Debugger can be a power monitor. Power monitoring means capturing power data, such as current values. When power is supplied by the debugger, the Vdd and GND lines can be monitored and power data gathered.

Power Monitoring is available for the following Microchip devices: PIC®, dsPIC®, AVR® and SAM MCU.

DGI (data gateway interface) Power Monitoring is limited to debuggers/kits that support the DGI and have the additional circuitry for power measurement, which includes the ICD 5.

The debugger works with the MPLAB Data Visualizer to provide plots of power data. As of MPLAB X IDE v5.50, the MPLAB DV plugin is included with the IDE. A separate stand-alone version is also available.

Note: You can only use USB communication with the data visualizer.

For more on this software, see the MPLAB Data Visualizer Product Page.