User manual

MCP3903 ADC EVALUATION BOARD
FOR 16-BIT MCUs USERS GUIDE
© 2011 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51994A-page 1
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP3903 ADC Evaluation Board for 16-Bit MCUs. Items discussed in this chapter
include:
Document Layout
Conventions Used in this Guide
Recommended Reading
The Microchip Web Site
Customer Support
Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the MCP3903 ADC Evaluation Board for 16-Bit
MCUs as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The
manual layout is as follows:
Chapter 1. “Hardware Description” Provides important information about the
hardware.
Chapter 2. “Code example– Describes the firmware.
Appendix A. “Schematics and Layouts”– Shows the schematic and board
layouts.
Appendix B. “Bill of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the
MCP3903 ADC Evaluation Board for 16-Bit MCUs.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
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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.
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