User manual
MPLAB
®
PM3 User’s Guide
DS51464C-page 4 © 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
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RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use the MPLAB PM3 programmer. Other useful
documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and
recommended as supplemental reference resources.
README for MPLAB PM3
For the latest information on using MPLAB PM3, read the
Readme for MPLAB PM3.txt file (an ASCII text file) in the MPLAB IDE\readmes direc-
tory. The README file contains update information and known issues that may not be
included in this on-line help file.
MPLAB PM3 On-line Help
MPLAB
®
IDE Quick Start Guide (DS51281)
Describes how to set up the MPLAB IDE software and use it to create projects and
program devices.
MPLAB
®
IDE User’s Guide (DS51519)
Comprehensive guide that describes installation and features of Microchip’s MPLAB
Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
MPASM™ Assembler, MPLINK™ Object Linker, MPLIB™ Object Librarian
User’s Guide (DS33014)
Describes how to use the Microchip PICmicro MCU assembler (MPASM assembler),
linker (MPLINK linker) and librarian (MPLIB librarian).
MPLAB IDE On-line Help
In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) Guide (DS30277)
This document contains helpful design guidelines for successful ICSP programming. It
includes application notes on hardware designs and the ICSP programming
specifications.