User manual

ACTIVE FILTER DEMO BOARD KIT

USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

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

Active Filter Demo Board Kit. Items discussed in this chapter include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Customer Support

• Document Revision History

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the Active Filter Demo Board Kit. The manual

layout is as follows:

• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” - Important information about the Active Filter

Demo Board Kit.

• Chapter 2. “Setup and Installation” – Covers the initial set-up of the Active

Filter Demo Board Kit. It lists the required tools, shows how to connect the boards

and demonstrates how to verify the set-up.

• Chapter 3. “Building the Filter Supplied in the Kit” – Discusses the filter sup-

plied in the kit (loose parts in a separate bag). Its design, component placement,

and testing are discussed.

• Chapter 4. “Common Filter Modifications” – Covers modifications that are

easy to do with these boards. It also discusses common filter limitations.

• Appendix A. “Schematics and Layouts” – Shows the schematic and board

layouts for the Active Filter Demo Board Kit.

• Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the

sub-assemblies in the Active Filter Demo Board Kit.

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools 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.

Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each

page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is

“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the

document.

For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB

IDE on-line help.

Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files.