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The MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator system boosts productivity with feature-rich programming and debugging for PIC®, AVR® and SAM devices and dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). It offers a flexible development environment combined with the capabilities to develop power-efficient code while reducing the debug time. It debugs and programs with a powerful and easy-to-use graphical user interface that uses the latest version of MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE), version 6.00.  

The MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator connects to a host PC using a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and easy-to-use wireless connectivity options for much greater flexibility. By using Ethernet or Wi-Fi® access point interfaces, you can enable wireless connection to the tool for debugging, programming and more. At one end, the MPLAB ICE 4 in-circuit emulator connects to the target using a high-speed 40-pin rugged edge rate cable assembly and at the other end, it connects to adapter boards tailored for supported device communication.

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 
• V_DD and V_pp 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 4 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. 

• One MPLAB ICE 4 In-Circuit Emulator system
• One USB cable
• One 9V wall-mount power supply
• One accessory kit 

• Available USB 3.0/2.0 port
• Microsoft Windows® 10 or later, macOS® and Linux®
• MPLAB X IDE version 6.00 or later