PICkit Serial Analyzer USER’S GUIDE - Microchip Technology

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7 1 Chapter 1. PICkit Serial Analyzer .. Serial Analyzer Contents .. Serial Analyzer Development System .. Serial Analyzer Hardware .. Serial Analyzer Software .. 8 Chapter 2. Getting .. the PICkit Serial Analyzer Software .. the PICkit Serial Analyzer to the PC .. the PICkit Serial Analyzer to the 28-Pin Demo Board .. the PICkit Serial Analyzer Program .. the 28-Pin Demo I2C Demonstration Program .. Communications Basic Operations .. Demo I2C Source Code and Firmware .. 15 Chapter 3. PICkit Serial Analyzer PC .. the PICkit Serial Analyzer Software .. the Program .. Wizard.

8 Window .. Communications Modes .. 25 PICkit Serial Analyzer user s GuideDS51647A-page iv 2007 Microchip Technology 4. I2C master .. Serial Pin Assignments .. Communications Mode .. I2C Communications Mode .. : Basic Operations .. Builder .. Execute ..35 Chapter 5. SPI master .. Serial Analyzer Pin Assignments .. Communications Mode .. SPI Communications Mode .. : Basic Operations .. Builder .. Execute ..46 Chapter 6. USART Asynchronous .. Serial Pin Assignments .. Communications Mode .. USART Asynchronous Communications Mode .. : Basic Operations .. Builder .. Execute ..57 Chapter 7.

9 USART master Synchronous ..59 2007 Microchip Technology vPICkit Serial ANALYZERUSER S GUIDET able of Serial Pin Assignments .. Communications Mode .. USART Synchronous master Communications Mode .. : Basic Operations .. Builder .. Execute .. 67 Chapter 8. user Defined .. Templates .. Templates .. 71 Chapter 9. PICkit Serial Analyzer .. Communications .. Communications .. Communications .. 90 Chapter 10. PICkit Serial Analyzer Introduction .. Highlights .. Summary of Functions .. Programming Example .. 99 PICkit Serial Analyzer user s GuideDS51647A-page vi 2007 Microchip Technology 11.

10 Introduction .. Frequently Asked Questions ..101 Appendix A. PICkit Serial Analyzer Schematics ..103 Appendix B. 28-Pin Demo Board I2C Demonstration Firmware .. Communications .. Devices ..112 Worldwide Sales and Service .. 114 PICkit Serial ANALYZERUSER S GUIDE 2007 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51647A-page 1 PrefaceINTRODUCTIONThis chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the PICkit Serial Analyzer user s GUIDE . Items discussed in this chapter include: Document Layout Conventions Used in this GUIDE Warranty Registration Recommended Reading The Microchip Web Site Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service Customer Support Document Revision HistoryDOCUMENT LAYOUTThis document describes how to use the PICkit Serial Analyzer as a development tool to communicate with embedded development systems via Serial protocols.