MPLAB® PICkit™ 5 In-Circuit Debugger User's Guide

Notice to Development Tools Customers

1.1 Conventions Used in This Guide

1.2 Recommended Reading

2 About the Debugger

2.1 Debugger Advantages

2.2 Debugger Components

2.3 Debugger Block Diagram

2.4 Using MPLAB® PICkit™ 5 with MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB IPE

3.1 Power Connections

3.2 PC and Smartphone Connections

3.3 Target Connections

4.1 Quick Debug/Program Reference

4.2 Operational Overview

4.3 What is High Voltage?

4.4 SAM and PIC32C Arm Devices - On-Chip Debugging

4.5 AVR Devices - On-Chip Debugging (OCD)

4.6 PIC32M MCU - On-Chip Debugging

4.7 PIC MCU/dsPIC DSC - On-Chip Debugging

5 Programmer-To-Go

5.1 Power Requirements for Programmer-To-Go

5.2 Limitations for Programmer-To-Go

5.3 Setting up PICkit 5 for Programmer-To-Go Mode

5.4 Using Programmer-To-Go

5.5 Exiting Programmer-To-Go Mode

5.6 Using the PTG Application on a BLE Device

6 Troubleshooting

6.1 Some Questions to Answer First

6.2 Top Reasons Why You Can't Debug

6.4 How to Invoke the Bootload Mode

6.5 How to Use the Hardware Tool Emergency Boot Firmware Recovery Utility

7 Frequently Asked Questions

7.1 How Does it Work?

7.2 What's Wrong?

8 Error Messages

8.1 Types of Error Messages

8.2 General Corrective Actions

9 Debugger Function Summary

9.1 Debugger Selection and Switching

9.2 Debugger Options Selection

10 Hardware Specification

10.1 USB Connector Specifications

10.2 MPLAB PICkit 5 In-Circuit Debugger

10.3 Communication Hardware

10.4 Target Board Considerations

11 Revision History

12.1 Warranty Registration

12.2 myMicrochip Personalized Notification Service

Microchip Information

The Microchip Website

Product Change Notification Service

Customer Support

Product Identification System

Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature

Quality Management System

Worldwide Sales and Service

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