User`s guide

MCP1630 DUAL BUCK DEMO

BOARD USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the

MCP1630 Dual Buck Demo Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:

• About This Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Customer Support

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Document Layout

This document describes how to use the MCP1630 Dual Buck Demo Board as a devel-

opment tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout is as

follows:

• Chapter 1: Overview – Important information about the MCP1630 Dual Buck

Demo Board.

• Chapter 2: MCP1630 Dual Buck Demo Board – Includes instructions on how to

get started with this demo board and a description of the demo board operation.

• Appendix A: Schematic and Layouts – Shows the schematic and layout

diagrams for the MCP1630 Dual Buck Demo Board.

• Appendix B: Bill-of-Materials – Lists the parts used to build the MCP1630 Dual

Buck Demo Board.

• Appendix C: Firmware - Provides information about the application firmware and

where the source code can be found.

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

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and documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual

dialogs and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer

to our web site (www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.

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revision level of the document.

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