AURIX Development Studio vs MPLAB X IDE

AURIX Development Studio is Infineon’s free proprietary Windows IDE for editing, compiling and debugging applications for AURIX microcontrollers. It combines an Eclipse IDE, C compiler, multi-core debugger and Infineon low-level drivers. The listed host is Microsoft Windows 11, with support for AURIX TC2xx, TC3xx and TC4xx targets. Infineon states that the free plan has no time or code-size limitations. Integrated debugging and flashing, hardware-probe support and RTOS support are included. Developers can use hundreds of code examples with source and step-by-step tutorials, while expert training adds application-development guidance and a GitHub repository for training code. The AURIX forum supports questions about software development, debugging and hardware design. Infineon positions the studio for both application development and evaluation of the AURIX architecture.

MPLAB X IDE is a free desktop environment for discovering, configuring, developing, debugging, and qualifying embedded designs for most Microchip microcontrollers and digital signal controllers. It runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, supporting 64-bit Intel or AMD computers and Arm-based Apple silicon. During debugging, I/O View can display and manipulate target registers. A single action can build a project, connect to a hardware tool, program the target, and begin debugging or execution. Data Visualizer displays real-time streaming data, and MPLAB Integrated Programming Environment supports production-level programming. The IDE supports open-source AVR and SAM MCU GCC and can work with MPLAB XC compilers. Projects and tools such as Code Configurator and Data Visualizer are also supported in Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Source control configuration options and a plug-in manager, including support for NetBeans plugins, extend the environment. The listed 6.35 release supports Windows, Linux, and macOS. Version 6.20 was the last release supporting PICkit 3, MPLAB ICD 3, and MPLAB REAL ICE. Supported targets include PIC, dsPIC, AVR, SAM, PIC32, and other Microchip MCU, DSC, and MPU families.