User manual

MGC3130 HILLSTAR DEVELOPMENT
KIT USER’S GUIDE
 2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001721A-page 7
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
Hillstar Development Kit. 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
• Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes the installation and use of the MGC3130 Hillstar
Development Kit. The document is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Overview”
• Chapter 2. “Getting Started”
• Chapter 3. “Hillstar Boards – Hardware Description”
• Chapter 4. “Design In: Hillstar In Target Application”
• Chapter 5. “Troubleshooting”
• Appendix A. “Schematics”
• Appendix B. “Sensitivity Profile and Capacitances”
• Appendix C. “Parameterization Support”
• Appendix D. “Driver Installation Manual”
• Appendix E. “Glossary”
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.
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“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
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