PICkit™ 3 User’s Guide
DS51795A-page 4
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RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use PICkit 2. 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 a
development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board.
Low Pin Count Demo Board 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/Help (DS51519)
Consult this document for more information pertaining to the installation and features
of the MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software. An on-line Help
version is also available.
In-Circuit Serial Programmer™ (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 PIC
®
MCU assembler (MPASM assembler), linker
(MPLINK linker), and librarian (MPLIB librarian).
README for PICkit™ 3 Debug Express
For the latest information on using the PICkit 3 Debug Express, read the “
Readme for
PICkit 3.htm
” file (an HTML file) in the Readmes subdirectory 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.
PICkit™ 3 Debug Express C18 Lessons
These tutorials guide you through using the PICkit 3 Debug Express with the MPLAB
C Compiler for PIC18 MCU’s. They are available on the MPLAB IDE CDROM and on
the Microchip web site.
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 updated information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s
guide.
