User manual

PICDEM™ LAB II DEVELOPMENT
BOARD USER’S GUIDE
 2015 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40001814A-page 3
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1. Introduction to PICDEM™ Lab II
1.1 PICDEM Lab II Development Board Kit Contents .......................................... 9
1.2 PICDEM Lab II Development Board Layout ................................................. 10
1.3 Power Sources ............................................................................................. 11
1.3.1 USB Connector (J18) ................................................................................ 11
1.3.2 9V External Power Supply (J1) ................................................................. 11
1.3.3 External Supply Connection Points ........................................................... 11
1.4 Connecting the PICkit™ Programmer/Debugger ......................................... 11
1.5 Connecting the USB I
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C/ASYNC Communications ..................................... 12
1.6 Installing MikroElektronika Click™ Boards ................................................... 12
1.7 Installing Expansion Boards and an LCD Module ........................................ 13
Chapter 2. Getting Started
2.1 Connecting Power to the PICDEM Lab II ..................................................... 15
2.1.1 USB Connector (J18) ................................................................................ 15
2.1.2 9V External Power Supply (J1) ................................................................. 15
2.1.3 External Supply Connection Points ........................................................... 15
2.2 Connecting a Programmer/In-Circuit Debugger ........................................... 16
2.3 Loading Drivers and Terminal Programs for the USB-ASYNC/I
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C Interface 16
2.4 Loading MPLAB X IDE and the XC Compiler ............................................... 20
2.5 Loading MCC into MPLAB X ........................................................................ 22
Chapter 3. Where to Find the Lab Documentation
3.1 Out-of-the-Box Labs ..................................................................................... 23
3.2 Additional Labs ............................................................................................. 24
3.3 Obtaining Lab Components .......................................................................... 24
Chapter 4. Troubleshooting
4.1 The board will not power-up ......................................................................... 25
4.2 The microcontroller will not program/debug ................................................. 25
4.3 Serial/I
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C communications do not work ....................................................... 26
Appendix A. Schematics
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