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MCP6XXX AMPLIFIER EVALUATION
BOARD 3 USER’S GUIDE
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2007 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51673A-page 1
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3. 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 MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3. The
manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” - Provides the important information about the
MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3.
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Covers the installation and operation
of the MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3. It lists the required tools, shows
how to set up the board, and demonstrates how to verify the amplifier operation.
• Appendix A. “Schematic and Layouts” – Shows the schematic and board
layouts for the MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3.
• Appendix B. “Bill of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the
MCP6XXX Amplifier Evaluation Board 3.
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
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IDE on-line help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files.