Chameleon-PIC Nurve Networks, Chameleon-PIC Datasheet - Page 108

• Manufacturer Part Number: Chameleon-PIC
• Description: MCU, MPU & DSP Development Tools PIC24 & PROPELLER DEV SYSTEM (SBC)
• Manufacturer: Nurve Networks

Specifications of Chameleon-PIC

• Processor To Be Evaluated: PIC24
• Data Bus Width: 16 bit
• Interface Type: USB, VGA, PS/2, I2C, ISP, SPI
• Operating Supply Voltage: 3.3 V, 5 V
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

Next you must change the Categories drop down box and choose Optimization. Upon changing the selection the lower
half of the window changes and presents a number of optimization settings. Later on you may want to play with some of
these other settings but for right now we are only interested in the Optimization Level graph. You choose the optimization
level by clicking on the bubbles for 0 and 1 as highlighted in green for clarity in Figure 15.47.
15.1.4.2 Final Words on MPLAB Toolchain Installation
This completes our installation of the toolchain all its components and a complete example of building and downloading
an application. As we develop applications, load demos, and experiment, you will only have to modify the source files in
the project window to the left, adding and subtracting source files. The programming tool setup should be the same. Thus,
the workflow moving forward will be to add/subtract files from the “Source Files” folder of the same project, then “Build
All” from the Main Menu’s “Build” menu then using the PICkit 2 programmer toolbar “Program” the Chameleon PIC
with the new binary. That’s it!
NOTE
Optimization Level 0 is good for debugging with the PICkit 2 programmer because the
compiler will not remove lines of code. Otherwise when you are single stepping through
code the debugger will appear to skip over some lines of code and it may seem confusing
why this is happening. Normally you can just set your compiler to Level 1 and forget about it.
Figure 15.47 – Project optimizations settings window.
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