This video will show you how to get MPLAB ICD3 connected and debugging for the first time. The target device that will be debugged is the PIC18F85J11 inserted into a PICDEM HPC Explorer board.

The PIC32 micro development boards are designed for learning how to program PIC32 micro applications and for developing PIC32 micro-based projects. The ready-to-use development kits, with fully integrated debugger, are great for everyone just getting started with dsPIC C-programming (like me!).

The debugging allows to check the value of variables at various points in the program and to check the routines requested results. MPLAB IDE (Integrated Development Environment) has been created by Microchip and it is an integrated tool-set for the development of embedded applications.