MPLAB® Starter Kit for
Serial Memory Products
User’s Guide
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MPLAB® STARTER KIT FOR
SERIAL MEMORY PRODUCTS
USER’S GUIDE
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Operational Requirements ............................................................................. 8
1.3 Board Setup ................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2. Using the Memory Starter Kit
2.1 Connect the board to the PC .......................................................................... 9
2.2 Selecting a Device, Writing and Reading ....................................................... 9
2.3 Using the Endurance Utility ............................................................................ 9
2.4 Changing the Voltage and SPI Mode ........................................................... 10
Worldwide Sales and Service .................................................................................... 12
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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® IDE online help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before you use the
MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products. Items discussed in this chapter include:
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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 History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the starter kit as a programmer and debug tool for
serial memory products and their capabilities. The manual layout is as follows:
• Chapter 1. Introduction – This chapter introduces the starter kit and provides an
overview of its features.
• Chapter 2. Using the Memory Starter Kit – This chapter describes the Memory
Starter Kit functionality.
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
This manual uses the following documentation conventions:
DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
Description
Arial font:
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Examples
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dialog
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MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide
...is the only compiler...
the Output window
the Settings dialog
select Enable Programmer
“Save project before build”
A dialog button
A tab
A number in verilog format,
where N is the total number of
digits, R is the radix and n is a
digit.
A key on the keyboard
Click OK
Click the Power tab
4‘b0010, 2‘hF1
Italic Courier New
Sample source code
Filenames
File paths
Keywords
Command-line options
Bit values
Constants
A variable argument
Square brackets [ ]
Optional arguments
Curly brackets and pipe
character: { | }
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arguments; an OR selection
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Represents code supplied by
user
File>Save
Press <Enter>, <F1>
#define START
autoexec.bat
c:\mcc18\h
_asm, _endasm, static
-Opa+, -Opa0, 1
0xFF, ‘A’
file.o, where file can be
any valid filename
mcc18 [options] file
[options]
errorlevel {0|1}
var_name [, var_name...]
void main (void)
{ ...
}
WARRANTY REGISTRATION
Please complete the enclosed Warranty Registration Card and mail it promptly.
Sending in the Warranty Registration Card entitles you to receive new product updates.
Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site.
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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.
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I2C™ Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS21930)
SPI Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS22040
Microwire Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS21929)
UNI/O® Serial EEPROM Family Data Sheet (DS22067)
MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide (DS51519)
Recommended Usage of Microchip I2C™ Serial EEPROM Devices (DS01028)
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.
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• In-Circuit Debuggers – The latest information on Microchip in-circuit debuggers.
These include MPLAB ICD 2 and PICkit™ 2.
• MPLAB IDE – The latest information on Microchip MPLAB IDE, the Windows®
Integrated Development Environment for development systems tools. This list is
focused on the MPLAB IDE, MPLAB IDE Project Manager, MPLAB Editor and
MPLAB SIM simulator, as well as general editing and debugging features.
• Programmers – The latest information on Microchip programmers. These include
the MPLAB PM3 device programmer and the PICSTART® Plus and 2
development programmers.
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CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Users of Microchip products can receive assistance through several channels:
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Distributor or Representative
Local Sales Office
Field Application Engineer (FAE)
Technical Support
Customers should contact their distributor, representative or field application engineer
(FAE) for support. Local sales offices are also available to help customers. A listing of
sales offices and locations is included in the back of this document.
Technical support is available through the web site at: http://support.microchip.com
DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY
Revision A (April 2008)
• Initial Release of this Document
Revision B (October 2008)
• Updated UNI/O trademark
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MPLAB® STARTER KIT FOR
SERIAL MEMORY PRODUCTS
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Microchip Technology’s MPLAB® Starter Kit for Serial
Memory Products. This kit allows the user to read, write and verify any Microchip serial
memory product including I2C™, SPI, Microwire, and UNI/O® bus protocols. It also
includes a built-in utility that tests EEPROM endurance.
This chapter introduces the Memory Starter Kit and provides an overview of its
features. Topics covered include:
• Overview
• Operational Requirements
• Board Setup
1.1
OVERVIEW
The MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products connects directly to the USB port
on a computer. The PC USB connection supplies communications and power to the
board.
The Memory Starter Kit includes programmer circuitry that allows data to be
programmed onto the serial memory device and to verify its contents, all using MPLAB
IDE.
The MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products was designed to be a simple to use,
yet powerful tool for people designing or troubleshooting serial memory applications.
Apart from programming and reading the contents of all Microchip serial memory
devices, it can help understand the communications between the memory device and
a microcontroller, and to troubleshoot application problems.
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1.2
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
To communicate with and program the MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products,
the following hardware and software requirements must be met:
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PC compatible system
An available USB port on PC or powered USB hub
CD-ROM drive
Windows® 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Vista™ (32-Bit)*
Operating Systems
* Only initial testing has been performed on 32-bit Vista for this release. 64-bit
Vista is not supported at this time.
BOARD SETUP
Figure 1-1 is a drawing of a set up MPLAB Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products. The
USB connection provides communication and power to the board.
FIGURE 1-1:
USB
MPLAB STARTER KIT FOR SERIAL MEMORY PRODUCTS
SETUP
Memory Starter Kit
MPLAB® IDE
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Chapter 2. Using the Memory Starter Kit
This chapter describes the Memory Starter Kit functionality and how to:
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2.1
Connect the board to the PC
Select a Device, Write and Read
Use the Endurance Utility
Change the Voltage and SPI Mode
CONNECT THE BOARD TO THE PC
To run the Memory Starter Kit take these basic steps:
1. Power up the starter kit by connecting the board to the USB port of a computer.
You should briefly see a pop-up balloon in the system tray (lower right of desktop)
that states (1) new hardware has been found, (2) drivers are being installed, and
(3) new hardware is ready for use. If you do not see these messages and then
the Memory Starter Kit does not work, try reconnecting the USB.
2. Start the MPLAB program and select the Memory Starter Kit from the “Tools”
pull-down menu. You should then see “Memory Starter Kit connected” in the
output window.
2.2
SELECT A DEVICE, WRITE AND READ
Once you have the board connected, select a device:
• Go to the Configure tool bar and the Select Device window will open. Select
“SEExxx” from the Device Family pull-down menu if it is not already selected.
• Next, Select the memory device from the Devices menu.
• Now you are ready to use the Memory Starter Kit.
• Install the device into the 16-pin socket on the board. Be sure to place all
Microwire devices in the upper half of the socket, all other devices including SPI,
I2C, and UNI/O bus parts will go into the bottom half of the socket.
• Read or write to the device by using the Read and Write icons on the top of the
GUI. These buttons work in conjunction with the “Read/Write options” pull-downs
on the upper left. You can write a pattern or the buffer contents to the array. Select
Entire Device or Selected Range for either writing or reading. Check the pull-down
menus before reading or writing to get the desired operation.
2.3
USE THE ENDURANCE UTILITY
The Memory Starter Kit includes a utility that will allow you to test the endurance of any
of the serial memory products that Microchip offers. By clicking on the Endurance
button, you may select a user defined pattern or select from one of the patterns
provided. When writing you have the ability to continuously write, read in between
cycles, or even alternate data patterns. The endurance utility will automatically stop
whenever a failure occurs.
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2.4
CHANGE THE VOLTAGE AND SPI MODE
The Memory Starter Kit also gives you the ability to change voltage or change SPI
modes by clicking on the Settings button. If you are using SPI you can select Mode 1,1
or Mode 0,0. If your device has the ability to work at multiple voltages you can select
from two on-board voltages, either 3.3V or 5.0V. In addition, the Memory Starter Kit can
be used with external voltages by changing the jumper to External VDD and using the
provided power and ground connections. It is up to the user to make sure that his/her
device can support voltages lower than 3.3V.
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