User manual

Preface
© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51725A-page 3
RECOMMENDED READING
This user’s guide describes how to use the MPLAB Starter Kit for PIC24F. Other useful
documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and
recommended as supplemental reference resources.
Readme Files
For the latest information on using other tools, read the tool-specific Readme files in
the Readmes subdirectory of the MPLAB IDE installation directory. The Readme files
contain update information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s
guide.
PIC24F Family Reference Manual
This reference manual explains the operation of the PIC24F microcontroller family
architecture and peripheral modules. The specifics of each device family are discussed
in the individual family’s device data sheet.
This useful manual is on-line in sections at the Technical Documentation section of the
Microchip web site. Refer to these for detailed information on PIC24F device operation.
Device Data Sheets and Flash Programming Specifications
Refer to the appropriate device Data Sheet for device-specific information and
specifications. Also, refer to the appropriate device Flash Programming Specification
for information on instruction sets and firmware development. These files may be found
on the Microchip web site or from your local sales office.
MPLAB
®
ASM30, MPLAB
®
LINK30 and Utilities Users Guide (DS51317)
This document helps you use Microchip Technology’s language tools for PIC24F
devices based on GNU technology. The language tools discussed are the MPLAB
ASM30 Assembler, MPLAB LINK30 Linker, MPLAB LIB30 Archiver/Librarian and other
16-bit device utilities.
MPLAB
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C30 C Compiler Users Guide (DS51284)
This document helps you use Microchip’s MPLAB C30 C compiler to develop your
application. MPLAB C30 is a GNU-based language tool, based on source code from
the Free Software Foundation (FSF). For more information about FSF, see
www.fsf.org
.
MPLAB
®
IDE Users Guide (DS51519)
This document describes how to use the MPLAB IDE integrated development environ-
ment, as well as the MPLAB IDE Project Manager, MPLAB IDE Editor and MPLAB SIM
Simulator. Use these development tools to help you develop and debug application
code.