PIC24E Datasheet, PDF (5/30 Pages) Microchip Technology – STARTER KIT USER’S GUIDE

dsPIC33E/PIC24E USB
STARTER KIT USER’S GUIDE
Preface
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.
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before you use the
dsPIC33E USB Starter Kit or the PIC24E USB Starter Kit. Items discussed in this
Preface 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 one of the starter kits as a development tool to
emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The document layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Introduction” – This chapter provides a brief overview of each
starter kit.
• Chapter 2. “Hardware” – This chapter provides the hardware descriptions for
each starter kit.
• Appendix A. “Board Layout and Schematics” – This appendix provides a block
diagram, board layouts, and detailed schematics of each starter kit.
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