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MPLAB IDE vs TextPad

A side-by-side look at MPLAB IDE and TextPad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MPLAB IDE

MPLAB IDE

Development

MPLAB IDE is an integrated development environment for Microchip's PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers. It is free software that runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS, and allows developers to write, compile and debug firmware code for Microchip microcontrollers.

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TextPad

TextPad

Office & Productivity

TextPad is a text editor for Windows. It has features for editing plain text, source code, and markup languages. It's lightweight, customizable, and supports syntax highlighting, macros, editing multiple files in tabs, and more.

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