Getting Started with PIC32
User’s Guide
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GETTING STARTED WITH PIC32
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1. PIC32 Features
1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Highlights ........................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 2. PIC32 Product Family
2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3. PIC32 Architecture
3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4. PIC32 Tools
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Highlights ...................................................................................................... 15
4.3 MPLAB
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IDE ................................................................................................ 15
4.4 MPLAB
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C32 C Compiler ............................................................................. 16
4.5 Peripheral Libraries ...................................................................................... 17
4.6 Software Solutions ....................................................................................... 19
4.7 Demonstration, Development and Evaluation Boards .................................. 20
4.8 Technical Documentation ............................................................................. 20
Chapter 5. Step-by-Step Procedures to Setup, Build, and Run a Demo Project
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 21
5.2 Highlights ...................................................................................................... 21
5.3 MPLAB IDE Setup ........................................................................................ 21
5.4 Step-by-step Guide Overview ...................................................................... 22
5.5 Selecting the Device ..................................................................................... 23
5.6 Creating the Project ...................................................................................... 24
5.7 Setting Up Language Tools .......................................................................... 25
5.8 Naming the Project ....................................................................................... 26
5.9 Adding Files to the Project ........................................................................... 27
5.10 Attaching the Debugger .............................................................................. 31
5.11 Building the Project .................................................................................... 32
5.12 Testing the Code ........................................................................................ 32
Chapter 6. Technical Support Resources
6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 37
Index ............................................................................................................................. 39
Worldwide Sales and Service .................................................................................... 40
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Preface
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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IDE online help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
INTRODUCTION
This document is intended to enable new PIC32 users to get a basic hardware and soft-
ware understanding of the PIC32 architecture and quickly get started with software
development for PIC32 products.
This document is primarily written for anyone wanting to get overview knowledge of
PIC32 microcontrollers and associated technical collateral provided by Microchip and
its third party tools partners. A basic understanding of embedded systems development
and 'C' programming knowledge is required, if you are planning to follow step-by-step
instructions provided later in this document.
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
PIC32. Items discussed in this chapter include:
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Document Layout
Conventions Used in this Guide
Recommended Reading
The Microchip Web Site
Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
Customer Support
Document Revision History
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