Microchip’s MPLAB® Harmony Software Upgraded to Include More Efficient Code and Enhanced Graphics Development Tools
September 11 2017 - 7:03AM
MPLAB® Harmony 2.0, the fully featured firmware development
framework for PIC32 microcontrollers, is now available as a free
download from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP). The
significant update to the award-winning software platform enables
customers to create smaller and more efficient code equaling faster
and more cost-effective devices. In addition to better quality
code, the update includes numerous new tools that work within the
MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
MPLAB Harmony is a free software framework and tool suite within
Microchip’s MPLAB X IDE and also works with MPLAB XC32 compilers.
The MPLAB Harmony framework operates with PIC32 solutions and
offers libraries of peripherals, drivers and system services to
support application development. The software also contains board
support packages for PIC32 development boards.
One of the many upgrades in Harmony 2.0 is a collection of new
and enhanced tools to support the easy creation of Graphical User
Interfaces (GUIs) including a new Graphics Composer Suite. The
enhanced Graphics Composure Suite adds tools for graphic asset
utilization management, image transformation including format
conversion, compression and editing, a revised What You See Is What
You Get (WYSIWYG) engine for more accurate design-to-production GUI
representation and a new Display Manager for easy adoption of
non-standard displays.
MPLAB Harmony 2.0 also adds to the existing peripheral code
library and upgrades the offering to comply with MISRA-C: 2012
Mandatory Standards. Updates to the software framework also include
additional tools and support such as a Board Support Package (BSP)
Manager, stand-alone project exporting and an updated pin manager.
All of these updates are designed to drive shorter design times,
lower total cost of development and increase profits.
“Studies have shown that a software development ecosystem is at
least three times more important to our customers than any other
aspect in their choice of MCU to implement an embedded design,”
said Rod Drake, vice president of Microchip’s MCU32 division.
“We’ve gathered feedback from our customers and put an immense
amount of effort into making our MPLAB Harmony software framework
better, faster, more-efficient and more useful for developers. We
know our customers will be extremely pleased with this latest
update, and we’ll continue to look for ways to exceed
expectations.”
MPLAB Harmony 2.0 can be downloaded for free by visiting:
www.microchip.com/mplab/mplab-harmony
ResourcesHigh-res images available through
Flickr or editorial contact (feel free to publish):
- Harmony Logo:
www.flickr.com/photos/microchiptechnology/36800314575/in/dateposted/
About Microchip TechnologyMicrochip Technology
Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller,
mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk
product development, lower total system cost and faster time to
market for thousands of diverse customer applications
worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip
offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery
and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip
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