MPLAB STARTER KIT FOR PIC18F
USER’S GUIDE
©
2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
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Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before you use the
MPLAB Starter Kit for PIC18F. Items discussed in this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Warranty Registration
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the starter kit as a development and demonstrative
tool for PIC18F J-series device capabilities and features. The manual layout is as follows:
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Chapter 1. Introduction to the Starter Kit –
This chapter introduces the starter
kit and provides an overview of its features.
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Chapter 2. The Demonstration Application
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This chapter describes the
preprogrammed PIC18F demo application.
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Chapter 3. Developing an Application
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This chapter describes how to debug
application software on the starter kit using MPLAB
®
IDE.
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This chapter provides a functional overview of the starter
kit and identifies the major hardware components.
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Appendix A. Starter Kit Schematics
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This appendix provides detailed
schematic diagrams of the starter kit.
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Appendix B. USB Current Draw Requirements
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This appendix briefly
discusses USB current consumption specifications and the methods used by the
starter kit to meet those specifications.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
®
IDE online help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
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