Microchip Technology PICkit 2, User Manual

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PICkit
™
2 User’s Guide
DS51553B-page 4
©
2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
WARRANTY REGISTRATION
Please complete the enclosed Warranty Registration Card and mail it promptly.
Sending in the Warranty Registration Card entitles users to receive new product
updates. Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site.
RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use PICkit™ 2 Microcontroller Programmer. Other
useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available
and recommended as supplemental reference resources.
44-Pin Demo Board User’s Guide (DS41296)
Consult this document for instructions on how to use the 44-Pin Demo Board as
development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board.
Low Pin Count Demo Board’s User’s Guide (DS51556)
Consult this document for instructions on how to use Microchip Technology’s Low Pin
Count device (8-pin, 14-pin and 20-pin). This document includes a series of tutorials.
MPLAB
®
IDE User’s Guide (DS51519)
Consult this document for more information pertaining to the installation and features
of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software.
MPLAB
®
IDE Quick Start Guide (DS51281)
Describes how to set up the MPLAB IDE software and use it to create projects and
program devices.
MPLAB IDE On-line Help
In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) Guide (DS30277)
This document contains helpful design guidelines for successful ICSP programming. It
includes application notes on hardware designs and the ICSP programming
specifications.
MPASM™ Assembler, MPLINK™ Object Linker, MPLIB™ Object Librarian User’s
Guide (DS33014)
Describes how to use the Microchip PICmicro MCU assembler (MPASM assembler),
linker (MPLINK linker), and librarian (MPLIB librarian).
README for PICkit™ 2 Debug Express
For the latest information on using the PICkit™ 2 Debug Express, read the “
Readme
for PICkit 2 Debug Express.txt
” file (an ASCII text file) in the Readmes sub-
directory of the MPLAB IDE installation directory. The Readme file contains updated
information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s guide.
Readme Files
For the latest information on using other tools, read the tool-specific Readme files in
the Readmes subdirectory of the MPLAB IDE installation directory. The Readme files
contain update information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s
guide.