This laboratory instruction sheet provides information on experiment 1, which introduces students to MPLAB, Proteus, and MicroC software. The objectives are for students to understand the basic operation and use of MPLAB, MicroC, and Proteus, use MPLAB and MicroC to write programs for PIC microcontrollers in assembly language and C, and use MPLAB SIM and Proteus to simulate programs. The procedures describe how to write and simulate a simple assembly language program using MPLAB that toggles an LED, and how to simulate the hex file of the program using Proteus.