The Microchip ASM30 Toolsuite consists of the following language tools:
The MPLAB ASM30 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.
MPLAB LINK30 object linker combines object modules generated by the MPLAB ASM30 assembler or the MPLAB C30 C compiler into a single executable (hex) file. The linker also accepts libraries of object files as input, as generated by the MPLAB LIB30 object librarian/archiver. The linking process is controlled by a linker script file, which is also input into the MPLAB LINK30 linker.
MPLAB LIB30 object librarian/archiver combines object modules generated by the MPLAB ASM30 assembler or the MPLAB C30 C compiler into a single library file. This file may then be inputted into the MPLAB LINK30 object linker.
Utilities provide additional functionality when working with 16-bit devices, such as binary-to-hex conversion.
The assembler, linker and librarain are all provided free with MPLAB IDE.