User manual

XLP 8-BIT DEVELOPMENT BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
 2011 Microchip Technology Inc. DS41581A-page 5
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
XLP 8-Bit Development Board. 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
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the XLP 8-Bit Development Board as a develop-
ment tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout is as
follows:
• Chapter 1. Introduction to the XLP 8-Bit Board provides a brief overview of the
XLP 8-Bit Development Board, its features and its uses
• Chapter 2. The XLP Demonstration Application describes the preprogrammed
demonstration program
• Chapter 3. XLP 8-Bit Development Board Hardware provides a more detailed
description of the XLP 8-bit board’s hardware features
• Appendix 1. Development Board Schematics provides detailed schematics of
the XLP 8-Bit Development Board
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.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
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