User manual

PICDEM™ 2 PLUS USER’S GUIDE

Chapter 2. Getting Started

The PICDEM 2 Plus may be used as a stand-alone board with a preprogrammed

device, with an In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) or with an In-Circuit Debugger (ICD). For a list

of PIC

microcontroller compatible ICEs or ICDs, see the Development Systems

Ordering Guide.

2.1 PICDEM™ 2 PLUS AS A STAND-ALONE BOARD –

PREPROGRAMMED DEVICE

The PICDEM 2 Plus may be demonstrated immediately by following the steps listed

below:

• Place the preprogrammed sample device in the appropriate socket on the

PICDEM 2 Plus demonstration board.

• Place a jumper on J6 (to enable the LEDs).

• Verify that the board is set up for a 4 MHz, canned oscillator (that is, no jumper on

J7; a 4 MHz oscillator in Y2 and nothing in Y1, C4 and C5).

• Apply power to the PICDEM 2 Plus. For information on acceptable power sources,

see Appendix A.

To reprogram the sample device, the following will be necessary:

• Program source code – user source code may be used to program the device, or

if this previously has been done, the sample program may be restored from the

file on the included CD-ROM.

• An assembler, such as MPASM™ assembler (available with MPLAB

IDE), or a

compiler, such as MPLAB C18 (PIC18 devices only)

Source code must be assembled or compiled into a hex file before it can be pro-

grammed into the device. Microchip Technology’s MPASM assembler or MPLAB

C18 C compiler may be used. Both are compatible with MPLAB IDE.

Other assemblers/compilers may be used. For a list of these PIC MCU compatible

language tools, see the Microchip web site (www.microcip.com).

A device programmer, such as PRO MATE

II, MPLAB

PM3, PICSTART

Plus

or MPLAB ICD 2 (programmer functionality available with MPLAB IDE v6.00 or

greater)

Once the sample program is in hex file format, a programmer can program a

Flash device. Microchip Technology’s PRO MATE II device programmer,

PICSTART Plus development programmer or MPLAB ICD 2 may be used. All are

compatible with MPLAB IDE.

Other programmers may be used. For a list of these PICmicro MCU compatible

programmers, see the Microchip web site (www.microcip.com).

If the code protection bit(s) have not been programmed, the on-chip program

memory can be read out for verification purposes.