User`s guide

SMPS AC/DC Reference Design User’s Guide

WARRANTY REGISTRATION

Please complete the enclosed Warranty Registration Card and mail it promptly.

Sending in the Warranty Registration Card entitles users to receive new product

updates. Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site.

RECOMMENDED READING

This user's guide describes how to use SMPS AC/DC Reference Design. Other useful

documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and

recommended as supplemental reference resources.

Readme Files

For the latest information on using other tools, read the tool-specific Readme files in

the Readmes subdirectory of the MPLAB

IDE installation directory. The Readme files

contain update information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s

guide.

Application Notes

The following related SMPS application notes are available for download from the

Microchip website:

• AN1106 “Power Factor Correction in Power Conversion Applications Using the

dsPIC

DSC” (DS01106)

• AN1114 “Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Topologies (Part I)” (DS01114)

• AN1207 “Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Topologies (Part II)” (DS01207)

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Accessible by using your favorite Internet browser, the web site contains the following

information:

• Product Support – Data sheets and errata, application notes and sample

programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,

latest software releases and archived software

• General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical

support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program

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