User`s guide

SMPS AC/DC REFERENCE

DESIGN USER’S GUIDE

Preface

INTRODUCTION

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

SMPS AC/DC Reference Design. 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 document describes how to use the SMPS AC/DC Reference Design as a

development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout

is as follows:

• Chapter 1. “Introduction” – This chapter introduces the SMPS AC/DC

Reference Design and provides an overview of its features and background

information.

• Chapter 2. “Hardware Design” – This chapter provides a functional overview of

the SMPS AC/DC Reference Design and identifies the major hardware

components.

• Chapter 3. “Software Design” – This chapter provides a functional overview of

the software used in the hardware design and identifies the major software

components.

• Chapter 4. “System Operation” – This chapter provides information on the

system operation and setup for the SMPS AC/DC Reference Design.

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.