1.2 Recommended Reading

This user’s guide describes the use and features of the Hexmate application. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources.

MPLAB® XC8 C Compiler User’s Guide

The Hexmate application is shipped with and automatically executed by the MPLAB XC8 C Compiler. If you are using this compiler to build projects, you can get access to most Hexmate features directly from the compiler. This user's guide indicates the compiler options that will invoke Hexmate functions.

MPLAB® XC8 C Compiler Release Notes for PIC® MCU

Changes made to Hexmate are listed in the MPLAB® XC8 C Compiler Release Notes (an HTML file) in the Docs subdirectory of the compiler’s installation directory. The release notes contain update information and known issues that cannot be included in this user’s guide.

Development Tools Release Notes

For the latest information on using other development tools, refer to the tool-specific Readme files in the docs subdirectory of the MPLAB X IDE installation directory.