Datasheet

PICkit™ 3 DEBUG EXPRESS

Chapter 1. Introduction

The following series of lessons covers the basics of developing applications for the

Microchip PIC18 series of microcontrollers. Working with the MPLAB

IDE, MPLAB

C Compiler for the PIC18, and the PICkit™ 3 Development Programmer/Debugger is

introduced in a series of lessons that cover fundamental microcontroller operations,

from simply turning on an LED to creating Interrupt Service Routines.

All lessons can be completed with the freely available MPLAB C18 Student Edition

compiler in the freely available Microchip MPLAB Integrated Development

Environment. The lesson files may be installed from the included CDROM.

Please note that these lessons are not intended to teach the C programming language

itself, and prior familiarity with the C language is a prerequisite for these lessons.

PICkit 3 Debug Express Lessons

- Lesson 1: Hello LED (Turn on LED)

- Lesson 2: Blink LED

- Lesson 3: Rotate LED (Turn on in sequence)

- Lesson 4: Switch Input

- Lesson 5: Using Timer0

- Lesson 6: Using PICkit 3 Debug Express

- Lesson 7: Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)

- Lesson 8: Interrupts

- Lesson 9: Internal Oscillator

- Lesson 10: Using Internal EEPROM

- Lesson 11: Program Memory Operations

- Lesson 12: Using the CPP Module PWM

Appendix A. “Schematics”: Schematic for PICkit 3 Debug Express 44-pin Demo

Board with PIC18F45K20.

1.1 BEFORE BEGINNING THE LESSONS

Please ensure the following files and software has been installed on your PC before

beginning:

1. MPLAB IDE version 8.20 or later.

2. MPLAB C Compiler for the PIC18 v3.13 or later. The Student Edition may be

used.

When Installing MPLAB C Compiler, please be sure to select the following options, as

shown in Figure 1-1.

Add header file path to MCC_INCLUDE environment variable

Update MPLAB IDE to use this MPLAB C18

Place Link to documentation for this compiler in MPLAB IDE Help Topics

3. The PICkit 3 Debug Express Lessons files.