Getting Started - Microchip Developer Explorer 16/32 User Manual

Explorer 16/32 Development Board User's Guide - Developer Help

Getting Started

Before using the Explorer 16/32 Development Board, it is first necessary to have a
100-pin processor Plug-In Module (PIM) installed on the male headers U1A. A PIM is
always required, as the microcontroller U14 (located in the center of the PIM area) is
part of the PICkit On Board programmer/debugger circuit, and is therefore not
intended for running application related code. A list of available 100-pin PIMs which
are compatible with the Explorer 16/32 (and Explorer 16) Development Board can be
found at:
http://www.microchip.com/pims (http://www.microchip.com/pims)
To begin development and programming the PIM microcontroller and using the
hardware of the Explorer 16/32 Development board, it is recommended to obtain the
MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and a suitable C compiler
supporting your desired target PIM microcontroller. MPLAB X IDE and MPLAB C
compilers can be found at:
http://www.microchip.com/mplab (http://www.microchip.com/mplab)
http://www.microchip.com/compilers (http://www.microchip.com/compilers)
Microchip provides a wide variety of free example firmware projects and libraries,
which are compatible with the Explorer 16/32 Development Board. Some initial "out
of box" demo projects are available from:
http://www.microchip.com/Explorer1632 (http://www.microchip.com/Explorer1632)
These demos exercise and demonstrate the basic functionality of the Explorer 16/32
Development Board and the microcontroller (e.g., by using pushbutton(s) and
displaying ADC data to the LCD module). Details on the usage of the example
projects can be found in the documentation accompanying the projects.
Application and microcontroller peripheral interface code can be generated using the
MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC):
http://www.microchip.com/mcc (http://www.microchip.com/mcc)
Additional
Development Board can be found in the Microchip Libraries for Applications (MLA)
and Harmony packages:
http://www.microchip.com/mla (http://www.microchip.com/mla)
http://www.microchip.com/Harmony (http://www.microchip.com/Harmony)
Tips for Reading the Schematics
The net names of signals connecting to the PIM microcontroller headers (U1A) follow
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reference projects/libraries
http://microchipdeveloper.com/boards:explorer1632
compatible with the Explorer 16/32
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