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MOTOR CONTROL STARTER
KIT USERS GUIDE
© 2011 Microchip Technology Inc. DS75015A-page 5
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before you use the
Motor Control Starter Kit. Items discussed in this Preface 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 one of the starter kits as a development tool to
emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The document layout is as follows:
Chapter 1. “Introduction”This chapter provides a brief overview of the Motor Control
Starter Kit.
Chapter 2. “Software Description”This chapter describes the software that is provided
with the Motor Control Starter Kit.
Chapter 3. “Hardware – This chapter describes the Motor Control Starter Kit hardware.
Appendix A. “Layout, Schematics, and Bill of Materials” – This appendix provides
detailed schematics, board layout, and the bill of materials for the Motor Control Starter Kit.
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.
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“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the
document.
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