Microchip Technology MCP1726, User Manual

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MCP1726 EVALUATION
BOARD USER’S GUIDE
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2005 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51550A-page 1
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP1726 1A LDO Evaluation Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the MCP1726 1A LDO Evaluation Board. The
manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” – Important information about the MCP1726 1A
LDO Evaluation Board.
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Includes instructions on how to get
started with this evaluation board and a description of the evaluation board
operation.
• Appendix A. “Schematics and Layouts” – Shows the schematic and layout
diagrams for the MCP1726 1A LDO Evaluation Board.
• Appendix B. “Bill-Of-Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the
MCP1726 1A LDO Evaluation Board.
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.