MCP2515 CAN BUS MONITOR
DEMO BOARD USER’S GUIDE
2008-2014 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS50001757B-page 7
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo 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 MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo Board as
a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual
layout is as follows:
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– Important information about the MCP2515
CAN Bus Monitor Demo Board.
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Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation”
– This chapter includes a detailed
description of each function of the demo board and instructions for how to begin
using the board.
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Appendix A. “Schematic and Layouts”
– Shows the schematic and layout
diagrams for the MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo Board.
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Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)”
– Lists the parts used to build the
MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo 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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