Untangle Innovation With Microchip's Mplab Ice 4 In-circuit Emulator

Get feature-rich emulation, programming and debugging for PIC®, dsPIC®, AVR® and SAM devices with wireless connectivity options. Check out the features of the new MPLAB® ICE 4 In-Circuit Emulator, Programmer and Debugger.

The MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator contains a variety of connectivity features to debug and program:

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 host PC interface with USB speed of 5 Gbps

High-speed USB 2.0 host PC interface

Ethernet connectivity with speeds up to 100 Mbps

Wired/DHCP/APIAP IP addressing

Static IP addressing

Wi-Fi Access Point Connectivity (Wi-Fi-AP)

Connects with SSID of the unit

Connection to Wi-Fi using Wireless Station Mode (Wi-Fi-STA)

Connects to your home/office network

Uses network SSID, security type with username and password

This product supports a wide range of target devices with voltages from 1.2V to 5.5V. It also contains professional-grade safety features to enhance productivity:

Powered by 9V DC wall mount power supply

Can safely power up to 1A of power to a target application

Ruggedized with protection circuitries to the probe drivers to guard from voltage transients from the target

VDD and Vpp voltage monitors protect against overvoltage conditions and all lines have overcurrent protection

RED tested and CE and RoHS compliant

The MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator is compatible out of the box with multiple Microchip connectors and has adapter boards for the following legacy target connections:

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator JTAG adapter for SAM MCUs

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator ICSP™ programming capability adapter board for AVR MCUs

ICE 4 AVR JTAG (10-pin)

ICE 4 AVR (10-pin mini)

ICE 4 AVR (6-pin)

ICE 4 AVR (6-pin mini)

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator ICSP programming capability adapter board for PIC MCUs and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs)

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator Arm® Cortex®-M trace adapter board for SAM MCUs

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator PIC32 trace adapter board for PIC32M MCUs

The MPLAB Ice in-circuit emulator connects to targets using a high-speed 40-pin rugged edge rate cable assembly.

Advanced Trace Capabilities

Data capture/native trace

SPI trace (currently supported on 16-bit PIC devices)

Port trace (currently supported on 16-bit PIC devices)

PIC32 iFlowtrace™ 1.0/iFlowtrace 2.0

ARM ITM/SWO

Power Debugging Capabilities (Currently Only Supported on AVR and SAM MCUs)

Can correlate to code by capturing power data and corresponding PC values

Can identify power profiles

Can determine functions which take the most power

Can Interface to MPLAB Data Visualizer

Power Monitoring (Supported on All Devices)

Can monitor power of the full system or component

Contains two channels with different resolutions

CI/CD Support

MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator hardware tool can be used for continuous integration/continuous delivery over Ethernet using hardware in the loop

Can use CI/CD wizard to set up for Jenkins and Docker on the latest version of MPLAB X IDE v6.00

Data Gateway Interfaces

USART

Power

SPI (support coming soon)

I2C (support coming soon)

Comprehensive Debug Functionality

Supports multiple breakpoints, stopwatch and source code file debugging

Selectable pull-up/pull-down option to the target interface

Increase your productivity with hassle-free upgrades and maintenance. MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator is file upgradeable through an MPLAB X IDE firmware download; download the latest version of MPLAB X IDE.