Franzininho DIY on PICSimLab

PICSimLab is a real-time development board emulator with integrated MPLABX/avr-gdb debugger. PICSimLab supports some PIC and AVR microcontrollers (more coming soon).

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Download PICSimLab: https://github.com/lcgamboa/picsimlab/releases

The Franzininho DIY board is available for simulation in PICSimLab.

Watch the video below for steps on flashing and debugging the Franzininho DIY in PICSimLab:

Video Timeline

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:23 Arduino IDE (flashing)
• 05:45 Arduino IDE tinyDebug (messages via virtual serial)
• 11:20 Sloeber IDE (eclipse) (flashing/debugging)
• 27:55 avr gcc and gdb in terminal (flashing/debugging)
• 37:52 MPLABX IDE (flashing/debugging)

Links

• Add Franzininho board support to the Arduino IDE (and Sloeber): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lcgamboa/franzininho-arduino-package/master/package_franzininho_lcgamboa_index.json
• AVR libc examples: https://github.com/Franzininho/exemplos-avr-libc
• Download Sloeber IDE (Eclipse): https://eclipse.baeyens.it/

Notes

• To install GDB support, install the "arduino megaAVR boards" support in Sloeber (the step that went wrong in the video)
• GDB path inside the Sloeber folder: Sloeber/arduinoPlugin/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5/bin/avr-gdb

Downloads

Download PICSimLab: https://github.com/lcgamboa/picsimlab/releases
Download MPLABX: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tools-tools-and-software/mplab-x-ide
Download XC8: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tools-tools-and-software/mplab-xc-compilers