General Introduction; Introduction; Highlights; About This Guide - Semtech XE8000 ProStart II User Manual

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

This first chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the ProStart II.
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HIGHLIGHTS

The information you will gain from this chapter:
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About this Guide

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Recommended Reading

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Troubleshooting

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The Semtech Web Site
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Customer Support
1.3 ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This document describes how to use The ProStart II as a development tool to develop and debug programs on our
XE8000 series of products.
The manual Layout is as follows:
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Chapter 2 : Overview and Installation
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Chapter 3 : Installing and using the GUI
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Chapter 4 : Using the ProStart Without RIDE.
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Chapter 5 : Electrical specifications and hardware description
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Chapter 6 : Programming connectors description
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Chapter 7 : Socket Boards
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Chapter 8 : Troubleshooting
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Chapter 9 : Schematics
1.3.1 Documentation Updates
All documentation evolves and this User's Guide is no exception. Since ProStart II and other Semtech tools are
constantly evolving to meet customer needs, some tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please
refer to our web site at http://www.semtech.com
1.4 RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use the ProStart II. Other useful documents are listed below:
Datasheets (XE88LCxx).
Semtech Application notes (AN8000.xx).
Raisonance Getting Started document.
These can be found on our web site
1.5 TROUBLESHOOTING
See Chapter 8 for information on common problems.
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THE SEMTECH INTERNET WEB SITE

Semtech provides on line support on the Semtech World Wide Web site. The web site is used by Semtech as a means
to make files and information easily available to customers. It is at
© Semtech 2006
to obtain the latest documentation available.
http://www.semtech.com
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