Microchip Technology AC164127-4 Data Sheet

 2010 Microchip Technology Inc.

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The PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board may be used with MPLAB IDE, the free 
integrated development environment available on Microchip’s website. MPLAB IDE 
with Microchip’s compatible programming/debugging hardware allows the develop-
ment board to be programmed and/or debugged.

For more information on how to use the MPLAB IDE, please refer to the following 
documentation:

• MPLAB IDE User’s Guide (DS51519)

• MPLAB IDE Quick Start Guide (DS51281)

• MPLAB IDE Online Help

This chapter includes the following:

• Tutorial Overview

• Loading the Project

• Building the Code

• Programming the PIC24FJ256DA210

• Running the Code

• Debugging the Code

Creating projects with the Microchip Graphics Library requires that a number of files be 
included in the project. It is much more efficient to start a new project based on an exist-
ing demo application release with the Microchip Graphics Library. The tutorial in this 
chapter uses that route to guide development of new applications. All demo 
applications are written in C for MPLAB C30.

The Demonstration Applications are provided with the Microchip Applications Library 
downloadable from 

. When installed in a specified path 

(for example,C:\Microchip Solutions\), the help file Graphics Library 
Help.chm

 is located in the path C:\Microchip Solutions\Micro-

chip\Help\Graphics Library Help.chm

. The help file contains the Graphics 

Library release notes and description of the API. It also contains useful information on 
the demo applications that can run on the development board.

This tutorial was developed using MPLAB IDE v8.40 and MPLAB C30 
Compiler v3.30 as the software tools, and the Microchip Graphics Applica-
tions Library v2.10. Before proceeding, verify that you have at least these 
revision levels.