7 Get Software and Hardware

For the MPLAB XC8 projects in this document, the Curiosity HPC board (with a PIC18F47Q10 MCU) is powered by the micro-USB connector on the left of the board. MPLAB X IDE was used for development.

Get MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB XC8 C Compiler

MPLAB X IDE v6.05 and later can be found at:

www.microchip.com/mplab/mplab-x-ide

The MPLAB XC8 C compiler v2.40 and later can be found at:

www.microchip.com/mplab/compilers

Get the MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC)

The MCC v5 plugin is now included with MPLAB X IDE. More information about MCC can be found at:

www.microchip.com/mplab/mplab-code-configurator

Get the Curiosity HPC Board

The Curiosity HPC development kit (DM164136) is available at:

www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/dm164136

Get PIC® MCU

The PIC MCU used in the examples is available at:

www.microchip.com/en-us/product/PIC18f47Q10