Preface

© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc.

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RECOMMENDED READING

This user’s guide describes how to use the MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory

Products. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents

are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources.

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 update information and known issues that may not be included in this user’s

guide.

• SPI Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS22040

• Microwire Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS21929)

• Recommended Usage of Microchip SPI Serial EEPROM Devices (DS01040)

• Recommended Usage of Microchip Microwire Serial EEPROM Devices

(DS01029)

THE MICROCHIP WEB SITE

Microchip provides online support via our web site at www.microchip.com. This web

site is used as a means to make files and information easily available to customers.

Accessible by using your favorite Internet browser, the web site contains the following

information:

• Product Support – Data sheets and errata, application notes and sample

programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,

latest software releases and archived software

• General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical

support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program

member listing

• Business of Microchip – Product selector and ordering guides, latest Microchip

press releases, listing of seminars and events, listings of Microchip sales offices,

distributors and factory representatives

DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CUSTOMER CHANGE NOTIFICATION SERVICE

Microchip’s customer notification service helps keep customers current on Microchip

products. Subscribers will receive e-mail notification whenever there are changes,

updates, revisions or errata related to a specified product family or development tool of

interest.

To register, access the Microchip web site at www.microchip.com, click on Customer

Change Notification and follow the registration instructions.

The Development Systems product group categories are:

• Compilers – The latest information on Microchip C compilers and other language

tools. These include the MPASM™, MPLINK™ object linkers, and MPLIB™

object librarians.

• In-Circuit Emulators – The latest information on Microchip in-circuit emulators.

These include the MPLAB REAL ICE and MPLAB ICE 2000 in-circuit emulators.