User`s guide

PICDEM

™

DEMONSTRATION KIT

USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

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

PICDEM™ Z Demonstration Kit. Items discussed include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Warranty Registration

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service

• Customer Support

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit as a

development tool to evaluate and experiment with Microchip wireless solutions. The

manual layout is as follows:

• Chapter 1: Overview – Describes the PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit and how it

works.

• Chapter 2: Getting Started with the PICDEM™ Z Demonstration Kit – What

you need to know to start using the PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit.

• Appendix A: PICDEM™ Z Motherboard Schematics – Hardware information on

the PICDEM Z demonstration board.

• Appendix B: MRF24J40MA PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz RF Board – Hardware

information on the MRF24J40MA PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz RF Board.

• Appendix C: PICDEM™ Z 2.4 GHz RF Card – Hardware information on the

PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz RF Card.

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.