{"id":7732,"date":"2022-01-12T08:27:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2022-01-12T08:27:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:27:28","slug":"developing-pic32-projects-with-visualgdb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/tutorials\/pic32\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing PIC32 Projects with VisualGDB"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial shows how to create, build and debug applications for the PIC32 devices with Visual Studio and VisualGDB.<\/p>\n

Before you begin, make sure you install MPLAB X<\/a> (that includes the PIC32 compiler) and VisualGDB 5.6 or later. Then, connect the following signals on your chip to your JTAG debugger:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Signal<\/td>\nJTAG20 Pin<\/td>\nPin on PIC32MX534F064H<\/td>\nPin on PIC32MM256GPM064<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDI<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nB13<\/td>\nRB3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDO<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nB11<\/td>\nRC9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TMS<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nB10<\/td>\nRB9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCK<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nB12<\/td>\nRB8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RESET<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nMCLR#<\/td>\nMCLR#<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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  1. Start Visual Studio and open the VisualGDB Embedded Project Wizard:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Enter the name and location for your project:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Select “Create a new project -> Embedded Application” and pick the build system you would like to use. We recommend Advanced CMake or MSBuild for most scenarios:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. On the next page locate your PIC32 toolchain. VisualGDB can automatically detect the PIC32 compiler from the MPLAB X via registry. If it doesn’t appear in the toolchain list, check the\u00a0 C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Sysprogs\\VisualGDB\\Rules\\KnownToolchains.xml <\/strong>file for the exact registry key used by VisualGDB to find it:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Once you select the PIC32 compiler, VisualGDB will display the list of supported devices. Pick your device and click “Install” to download the corresponding BSP: \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Once the BSP is installed, press “Next” to proceed to the next page: \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Select the “Blink” sample project and click “Next”: \"\"<\/a>You can optionally set the LED port to match your board pinout, or just proceed with the default settings if you plan to replace the main()<\/strong> contents with something else.<\/li>\n
  8. On the last page of the wizard select your debug method. As of November 2021, VisualGDB supports the following methods for PIC32:
    \n\n\n\n\n\n
    Debug Method<\/td>\nSupported Devices<\/td>\nRemarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Segger J-Link<\/td>\nMost PIC32MX devices<\/td>\nWorks out-of-the-box, requires Segger J-Link hardware. Supported by Segger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    OpenOCD<\/td>\nPIC32MX, PIC32MM<\/td>\nOpen-source tool without technical support. Works with most JTAG debuggers, however the PIC32MX support is somewhat unreliable (PIC32MM support is better). May require extra troubleshooting\/patching.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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  9. Press “Finish” to generate the project. Build it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-B. Note how VisualGDB automatically picks up the memory layout from the device definition, and shows the memory utilization:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Set a breakpoint before a call to Delay() and press F5 to begin debugging. The breakpoint will trigger, allowing you to evaluate variables and view the hardware registers:\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This tutorial shows how to create, build and debug applications for the PIC32 devices with Visual Studio and VisualGDB. Before<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[243],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7743,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7732\/revisions\/7743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}