Microchip Technology AC164145 User Manual

© 2011 Microchip Technology Inc.

DS75019A-page 19

This chapter describes simple applications that demonstrate the capabilities of the 
Utility-band BPSK 6.0 kbps PLM PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board. Topics covered include:
•

•

For free demonstration source code and more information, please visit the related web 
page at 

. From the landing page, select Utility-band 

BPSK 6.0 kbps PLM PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board. In the downloads section, 
select a demonstration application to download an archive file that contains the related 
demonstration source files.
The MPLAB

®

 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) should be installed prior to 

using the daughter board for application development. While MPLAB IDE provides the 
assembler tools for development, demonstration applications are written in the C 
language and require a C compiler to be installed.
Both the MPLAB IDE and C Compiler are available for download from 

 and 

, respectively.

After downloading the desired demonstration application from the web site, use the 
following steps to compile and run the demonstration application:
1. Connect the hardware as described in 

. For detailed 

instructions on setting up the Explorer 16 Development Board, refer to the 
“Explorer 16 Development Board User’s Guide” (DS51589).

2. Connect the device programmer to a development computer.
3. Open the demonstration project in MPLAB IDE.
4. Verify and optionally edit the configuration files of the demonstration project. 

 for information regarding configuration 

options.

5. Build the project and program the target Explorer 16 Development Board.

Note 1: Some demonstration applications may use different project files for 

successive Explorer 16 Development Boards. Please refer to 

 for details on these applications. 

2: For detailed instructions, please refer to the readme file included in the 

project directory.