User manual

Preface

WARRANTY REGISTRATION

Please complete the enclosed Warranty Registration Card and mail it promptly.

Sending in the Warranty Registration Card entitles users to receive new product

updates. Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site.

RECOMMENDED READING

This user’s guide describes how to use the PICDEM PIC18 Explorer Demonstration

Board. Other useful documents are listed below.

• On the board kit’s CD-ROM:

- Readme file

- Other reference documents

• Other documents, available at http://microchip.com

- “MPLAB

ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger User’s Guide” (DS51331)

- “PICkit™ 2 Programmer/Debugger User’s Guide” (DS51553)

- “Microchip Development Systems Ordering Guide” (DS30177)

THE MICROCHIP WEB SITE

Microchip provides online support via our web site at http://microchip.com. This web

site is used as a means to make files and information easily available to customers.

The web site contains the following information:

• Product Support – Data sheets and errata, application notes and sample

programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,

latest software releases and archived software

• General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical

support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program

member listing

• Business of Microchip – Product selector and ordering guides, latest Microchip

press releases, listing of seminars and events, listings of Microchip sales offices,

distributors and factory representatives