User Manual

 2014 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002325A-page 7

RN41/42 EVALUATION KIT

USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

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

Product Name. Items discussed in this chapter 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 Revision History

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This user’s guide describes how to use the RN-41-EK and RN-42-EK Evaluation

Boards. The document is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1. “Overview” – This chapter describes the hardware and software

setup for RN41 and RN42 Evaluation Kits.

• Chapter 2. “Getting Started” – This chapter describes the RN41 and RN42

Evaluation Kit board as an independent development board for exploring the

ASCII command set and prototyping of embedded systems.

• Chapter 3. “Application Design Concerns” – This chapter describes the

application design concerns of the RN41 and RN42 modules.

• Appendix A. “RN41 and RN42 Evaluation Kit Schematics” – This appendix

includes a schematic of the RN-41-EK and RN42-EK Evaluation Boards, PCB

layout and the Bill of Materials.

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.

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document.

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