The Microchip ASM30 Toolsuite consists of the following language tools:
The assembler is a command-line or Windows-based PC application that provides a platform for developing assembly language code for Microchip's 16-bit device families: PIC24F, PIC24H, dsPIC30F and dsPIC33F.
The object linker combines object modules generated by the 16-bit assembler or the 16-bit C compiler into a single executable (hex) file. The linker also accepts libraries of object files as input, as generated by the the 16-bit librarian/archiver. The linking process is controlled by a linker script file, which is also input into the 16-bit linker.
The object librarian/archiver combines object modules generated by the 16-bit assembler or the 16-bit C compiler into a single library file. This file may then be inputted into the 16-bit object linker.
Utilities provide additional functionality when working with 16-bit devices, such as binary-to-hex conversion.
The 16-bit assembler, linker, librarian and utilities are all provided free with MPLAB IDE.