Microchip Technology SOT89-3, User Manual

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SOT89-3 VOLTAGE REGULATOR
EVALUATION BOARD USER’S GUIDE
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2009 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51796A-page 1
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
SOT89-3 Voltage Regulator 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 SOT89-3 Voltage Regulator Evaluation
Board. The manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” – Important information about the SOT89-3
Voltage Regulator Evaluation Board.
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Includes instructions on how to get
started with this user’s guide and a description of the user’s guide.
• Appendix A. “Schematic and Layouts” – Shows the schematic and layout
diagrams for the SOT89-3 Voltage Regulator Evaluation Board.
• Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the
SOT89-3 Voltage Regulator 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.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
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Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available on-line help files.