Datasheet

dsPICDEM

™

80-PIN STARTER

DEVELOPMENT BOARD USER’S GUIDE

Chapter 2. Tutorial

2.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter is a self-paced tutorial to get you started using the dsPICDEM 80-Pin

Starter Development Board.

2.2 HIGHLIGHTS

Items discussed in this chapter include:

• Tutorial Overview

• Creating the Project

• Building the Code

• Programming the Chip

• Debugging the Code

• Summary

2.3 TUTORIAL OVERVIEW

The tutorial program in Eg1_BlinkLed.s is written in assembly code. This program

blinks an LED when a key is pressed. The source file is used with a linker script file

(p30f6014a.gld) and an include file (p30f6014a.inc) to form a complete project.

This simple project uses a single source code file; however, more complex projects

might use multiple assembler and compiler source files as well as library files and

precompiled object files.

There are four steps to this tutorial:

1. Creating a project in MPLAB IDE.

2. Assembling and linking the code.

3. Programming the chip with the MPLAB ICD 2.

4. Debugging the code with the MPLAB ICD 2.

Note: The following tutorial instructions assume the use of the dsPIC30F6014A

device, which is supplied with the dsPICDEM 80-Pin Starter Development

Board. However, this information applies to any of the dsPIC30F,

dsPIC33F, PIC24F and PIC24H devices supported by the board.