User manual

MPLAB STARTER KIT FOR PIC24F
USERS GUIDE
© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51725A-page iii
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Starter Kit
1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Operational Requirements ............................................................................. 7
1.3 Initial Board Setup .......................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2. The Demonstration Application
2.1 Features Used Throughout the Demo Application ......................................... 9
2.2 Specific Demo Highlights ............................................................................. 11
Chapter 3. Configuring the Starter Kit Hardware
3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 15
3.2 Starter Kit Configurations ............................................................................. 15
Chapter 4. Developing an Application
4.1 Setting Up an Example Application for Debug ............................................. 20
4.2 Running the Example Application ................................................................ 21
4.3 Debugging the Example Application ............................................................ 21
4.4 Programming the Debugged Application ...................................................... 24
4.5 Creating Other Applications ......................................................................... 24
4.6 Determining Device Support and Reserved Resources ............................... 24
4.7 Debug Version Information ........................................................................... 24
4.8 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................ 25
Chapter 5. Hardware
5.1 Application Functional Overview .................................................................. 27
5.2 Programmer/Debugger Functional Overview ............................................... 28
5.3 Board Components ...................................................................................... 29
Appendix A. Starter Kit Schematics........................................................................... 31
Index ............................................................................................................................. 37
Worldwide Sales and Service .................................................................................... 38