Microchip Technology DM240021 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Preface

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• Chapter 1. Introduction

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  • 1.1 Overview

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  • 1.2 Operational Requirements

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  • 1.3 Board Setup

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    • Figure 1-1: MPLAB Starter Kit for PIC24H MCUs Setup

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• Chapter 2. Starter Kit Demo

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  • 2.1 Running the Demo

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    • Figure 2-1: Start-up Screen

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    • Figure 2-2: Starter Kit Home Screen

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    • Figure 2-3: Accelerometer Graph

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    • Figure 2-4: Selecting the External Sensor Option

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    • Figure 2-5: External Sensor Prompt

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    • Figure 2-6: External Sensor Signal

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    • Figure 2-7: Selecting the Orientation Option

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    • Figure 2-8: Orientation Patterns

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    • Figure 2-9: Games Screen

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    • Figure 2-10: Bomber Jet Game

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    • Figure 2-11: Bomber Jet Game Score

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    • Figure 2-12: Snake Game

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    • Figure 2-13: Snake Game Score

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  • 2.2 Understanding the Demo

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    • Figure 2-14: Starter Kit Board

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    • 2.2.1 Accelerometer Interface

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    • 2.2.2 OLED Display Interface

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    • 2.2.3 Speaker Interface

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  • 2.3 Other Demo Code Examples

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• Chapter 3. Develop an Application

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  • 3.1 Installing the Hardware and Software

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  • 3.2 Setting Up an Example Application for Debug

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    • Figure 3-1: Starter Kit As Debug tool

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  • 3.3 Running the Example Application

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    • Table 3-1: Toolbar Buttons

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  • 3.4 Debugging the Example Application

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    • Figure 3-2: Example Project

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    • Figure 3-3: Example Breakpoint

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    • Figure 3-4: Example Watch

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  • 3.5 Programming the Debugged Application

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  • 3.6 Creating Other PIC24H MCU Applications

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  • 3.7 Determining Device Support and Reserved Resources

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  • 3.8 Troubleshooting

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    • 3.8.1 Debug Connection Problems

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    • 3.8.2 Programming Problems

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    • 3.8.3 Build Problems

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  • 3.9 Settings Dialog, Info Tab

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• Chapter 4. Hardware

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  • 4.1 Application Functional Overview

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    • Figure 4-1: Starter Kit Application Block DIagram

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    • Figure 4-2: Direction of Acceleration and Associated Spatial Dimensions for the Triaxial Analog Accelerometer

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    • 4.1.3 Speaker Interface

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      • Figure 4-3: PWM Demodulation

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      • Equation 4-1: Differential Amplifier Gain

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  • 4.2 Debug Functional Overview

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    • Figure 4-4: Starter Kit Debug Block Diagram

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  • 4.3 Board Components

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    • Figure 4-5: starter kit

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    • Table 4-1: Starter Kit Hardware Component Descriptions

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    • Equation 4-2: Audio Power Amplifier Gain

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• Appendix A. Schematics

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  • A.1 Application Schematics

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  • A.2 Debug Schematics

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• Index

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• Worldwide Sales and Service

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