User manual

© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51721B-page 5
PICDEM™ PIC18 EXPLORER
DEMONSTRATION BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The PICDEM™ PIC18 Explorer Demonstration Board is the latest demonstration board
for evaluating Microchip Technology’s PIC18FXXXX and PIC18FXXJXX families of
devices.
The board can be used as a stand-alone device or with an in-circuit debugger, such as
the MPLAB
®
ICD 2, and host PC.
Sample programs are provided to demonstrate the unique features of the supported
devices. Free software development tools are available for application development
and debugging.
1.2 DEVELOPMENT KIT CONTENTS
The PICDEM PIC18 Explorer Demonstration Board Kit comes with the following:
• PICDEM™ PIC18 Explorer Demonstration Board (Figure 1-1)
• Board-mounted PIC18F8722 and an alternate PIC18F87J11 mounted on a
Plug-In Module (PIM)
• CD-ROM that contains:
- Sample programs, source code and Hex files
- “PICDEM™ PIC18 Explorer Demonstration Board User’s Guide”
- Other referenced documents
If you are missing any part of the kit, contact your nearest Microchip sales office listed
in the back of this publication.
The MPLAB
®
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a free, integrated
software tool set for application development and debugging. Compilers and other
board-compatible software and hardware tools can be purchased.
To download the MPLAB IDE software and documentation, or get information on the
other tools, visit http://microchip.com
.