User manual

LIN SERIAL ANALYZER

USER’S GUIDE REV2.0

Preface

INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the

LIN Serial Analyser. 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 LIN Serial Analyser. The manual layout is as

follows:

• Chapter 1. “LIN Serial Analyser Overview” – What the LIN Serial Analyser is,

what makes it a desirable development tool and what features are available.

• Chapter 2. “Getting Started – Quick Setup” – Describes the supplies needed to

set up and begin to use the LIN Serial Analyser.

• Chapter 3. “LIN Serial Analyser PC Program” – Describes the primary

elements of the interface.

• Appendix A. “LIN Serial Analyzer Technical Information” – Provides the

detailed schematic of the LIN Serial Analyser.

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 on-line help.

Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files.