Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip devices:
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Microchip products meet the specification contained in their particular Microchip Data Sheet.
Microchip believes that its family of products is one of the most secure families of its kind on the market today, when used in the
intended manner and under normal conditions.
There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. All of these methods, to our
knowledge, require using the Microchip products in a manner outside the operating specifications contained in Microchip’s Data
Sheets. Most likely, the person doing so is engaged in theft of intellectual property.
Microchip is willing to work with the customer who is concerned about the integrity of their code.
Neither Microchip nor any other semiconductor manufacturer can guarantee the security of their code. Code protection does not
mean that we are guaranteeing the product as “unbreakable.”
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Code protection is constantly evolving. We at Microchip are committed to continuously improving the code protection features of our
products. Attempts to break Microchip’s code protection feature may be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If such acts
allow unauthorized access to your software or other copyrighted work, you may have a right to sue for relief under that Act.
Information contained in this publication regarding device
applications and the like is provided only for your convenience
and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to
ensure that your application meets with your specifications.
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logo, MPLAB, PIC, PICmicro, PICSTART,
rfPIC and UNI/O are registered trademarks of Microchip
Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.
FilterLab, Hampshire, HI-TECH C, Linear Active Thermistor,
MXDEV, MXLAB, SEEVAL and The Embedded Control
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ECONOMONITOR, FanSense, HI-TIDE, In-Circuit Serial
Programming, ICSP, Mindi, MiWi, MPASM, MPLAB Certified
logo, MPLIB, MPLINK, mTouch, Octopus, Omniscient Code
Generation, PICC, PICC-18, PICDEM, PICDEM.net, PICkit,
PICtail, PIC
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logo, REAL ICE, rfLAB, Select Mode, Total
Endurance, TSHARC, UniWinDriver, WiperLock and ZENA
are trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the
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and India. The Company’s quality system processes and procedures
are for its PIC
®
MCUs and dsPIC
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DSCs, K
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code hopping
devices, Serial EEPROMs, microperipherals, nonvolatile memory and
analog products. In addition, Microchip’s quality system for the design
and manufacture of development systems is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
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F1 EVALUATION PLATFORM
USER’S GUIDE
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1. F1 Evaluation Platform Overview
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 11
1.2 Platform Contents ......................................................................................... 11
1.3 Hardware Features ....................................................................................... 11
Chapter 2. Getting Started
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 13
2.2 Powering the F1 Evaluation Platform ........................................................... 13
2.3 Powering with PICkit™ 3 .............................................................................. 13
2.4 Powering with the Connector at JP3 ............................................................ 14
2.5 Powering with PICkit™ Serial ....................................................................... 14
2.6 Powering with the BLDC Expansion Header J3 ........................................... 15
2.7 Default Firmware .......................................................................................... 15
Chapter 3. Programming the F1 Evaluation Platform
3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 17
3.2 Programming/Development Tool Support .................................................... 17
3.3 Hardware Resources .................................................................................... 18
Chapter 4. Demo Code
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 19
4.2 I
2
C™ Demo .................................................................................................. 19
4.3 LCD Demo .................................................................................................... 19
4.4 BLDC Demo ................................................................................................. 19
4.5 Combined Demo .......................................................................................... 19
Chapter 5. Hardware Libraries and Drivers
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 21
5.2 I
2
C™ Driver .................................................................................................. 21
5.3 MCP9800 Driver ........................................................................................... 21
5.4 RTCC Driver ................................................................................................. 21
5.5 LCD Driver .................................................................................................... 21
5.6 Using the I
2
C™ Driver .................................................................................. 22
5.7 Using the LCD driver .................................................................................... 24
5.8 Using the RTCC Driver ................................................................................. 26
5.9 Using the MCP9800 Driver ........................................................................... 27
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting
6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 29
6.2 Common Problems ....................................................................................... 29
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USER’S GUIDE
Preface
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.
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.
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.
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
F1 Evaluation Platform User’s Guide. Items discussed in this chapter include:
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Document Layout
Conventions Used in this Guide
Warranty Registration
Recommended Reading
The Microchip Web Site
Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
Customer Support
Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the F1 Evaluation Platform User’s Guide as a
development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout
is as follows:
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Chapter 1. “F1 Evaluation Platform Overview”
Chapter 2. “Getting Started”
Chapter 3. “Programming the F1 Evaluation Platform”
Chapter 4. “Demo Code”
Chapter 5. “Hardware Libraries and Drivers”
Chapter 6. “Troubleshooting”
Chapter 7. “Schematics”
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2009 Microchip Technology Inc.
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