Datasheet

PIC32MX STARTER KIT

USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

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

PIC32MX. Items discussed in this chapter include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service

• Customer Support

• Document Revision History

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the PIC32MX Starter Kit as a development tool to

emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual is composed of the follow-

ing chapters:

• Chapter 1. “Introducing the PIC32MX Starter Kit” provides a brief overview of

the PIC32MX Starter Kit, highlighting its features and uses.

• Chapter 2. “PIC32MX Starter Kit Tutorial” provides step-by-step instructions for

installing the PIC32MX and using the Microchip MPLAB

IDE to build and run the

tutorial program on the PIC32MX Starter Kit.

• Chapter 3. “Create a New Project” provides step-by-step instructions for creating

a new project using the MPLAB IDE and loading it onto the PIC32MX Starter Kit.

• Chapter 4. “PIC32MX Starter Kit Hardware” provides a more detailed

description of the features of the hardware included in the PIC32MX Starter Kit.

• Appendix A. “PIC32MX Starter Kit Schematics” provides a block diagram and

detailed schematics of the PIC32MX Starter 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 online help.

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