Microchip Technology DM240312 Data Sheet
PIC24FJ256DA210
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
2010 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS51911A-page 5
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:
PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Training and Seminars
• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Training and Seminars
• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board as a
development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout
is as follows:
development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout
is as follows:
• Chapter 1. Introducing the Development Board provides a brief overview of the
PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board, its features and its uses.
• Chapter 2. The Demonstration Application provides a brief overview of the
interactive, touch-screen-based demo that ships with the development board.
• Chapter 3. Programming and Debugging the Board provides instructions for
using MBLAB
®
IDE to create a project and program the development board.
• Chapter 4. Development Board Hardware provides a detailed description of the
development board’s features and instructions on their configuration.
• Appendix A. Development Board Schematics provides the schematics and
other technical details.
• Appendix B. Modifications for PICtail Plus Daughter Boards provides specific
directions for adapting the development board to interface with daughter boards.
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.
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.
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.