User`s guide
Preface
© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51700A-page 3
RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use the MPLAB Starter Kit for dsPIC Digital Signal
Controllers. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip docu-
ments 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.
dsPIC33F Family Reference Manual (DS70046)
Refer to this document for detailed information on dsPIC33F device operation. This
reference manual explains the operation of the dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controller
(DSC) family architecture and peripheral modules, but does not cover the specifics of
each device. Refer also to the appropriate device data sheet for device-specific
information and specifications.
dsPIC33F Family Data Sheet (DS70165)
This document provides an overview of the functionality of the dsPIC33F product
family. It includes device-specific information such as pinout diagrams, register maps,
electrical specifications and packaging, in addition to an overview of the CPU and
peripheral features.
dsPIC30F/33F Programmer’s Reference Manual (DS70157)
This manual is a software developer’s reference for the dsPIC30F and dsPIC33F 16-bit
DSC devices. It describes the instruction set in detail and also provides general
information to assist in developing software for the dsPIC30F/33F DSC family.
MPLAB
®
ASM30, MPLAB
®
LINK30 and Utilities User’s Guide (DS51317)
This document helps you use Microchip Technology’s language tools for dsPIC33F and
PIC24H 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
®
C30 C Compiler User’s Guide and Libraries (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
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IDE User’s Guide (DS51519)
This document describes how to use the MPLAB IDE integrated development environ-
ment, as well as the MPLAB Project manager, MPLAB Editor and MPLAB SIM
simulator. Use these development tools to help you develop and debug application
code.
dsPIC
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DSC Speech Coding Solutions User’s Guide (DS70295)
This document describes the dsPIC DSC Speech Encoding/Decoding Libraries includ-
ing G.711, G.726A and Speex Speech Encoding/Decoding software application solu-
tions. The individual libraries provide toll-quality voice compression and
decompression to help generate speech-based embedded applications on the
dsPIC30F and dsPIC33F families of digital signal controllers.