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dsPIC33F and PIC24H mTouch™ Capacitive Touch
Evaluation Boards Information Sheet
The dsPIC33F and PIC24H mTouch™ Capacitive Touch Evaluation Boards (AC333026 or
AC243026) are designed to facilitate the development of capacitive touch-based applications
using dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers and PIC24H Microcontrollers. These boards are
intended to supplement the motherboards portfolio already included in the mTouch Capacitive
Touch Evaluation kit (PN: DM183026-2). These evaluation boards include an on-board PICkit™
serial interface, an ICSP™ header, a USB connector (for power only) and a 16-bit LED display.
The board also includes a 24-pin header that can be used to interface the 2-channel and 4-
channel slider plug-in boards, the 12-matrix key plug-in board and the 8-direct key plug-in board.
These plug-in boards are included in the mTouch™ Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit (purchased
separately).
Getting Started
Everything you need to get started can be found at http://www.microchip.com/mtouch. Click
Buttons,
Keys & Sliders
and click the
Getting Started
tab.
Installing MPLAB
®
IDE and C Compilers
The MPLAB
®
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) should be installed prior to using the
dsPIC33F or PIC24H mTouch™ Capacitive Touch Evaluation Board. While MPLAB provides the
assembler tools for development, most of the code examples are written in C language and require a C
compiler to be installed. Microchip’s MPLAB C compiler seamlessly integrates into MPLAB IDE. Both
the MPLAB IDE and C Compiler are free (see the note below) and are available for download at http://
www.microchip.com/MPLAB and http://www.microchip.com/compilers, respectively.
Code Examples and More Information
Visit the Microchip web site at:
www.microchip.com
. Enter either
AC333026 or
AC243026 in the
Search box and press Enter. From the resulting list, select either
dsPIC33F Capacitive Touch Evalu-
ation Board
or
PIC24H Capacitive Touch Evaluation Board
. Download and extract the appropriate
Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit Software archive file (
.zip
), and start the
.exe
file for the desired
capacitive touch demonstration (there are four demonstrations for each evaluation board).
Running and Debugging Applications
After downloading the code example and installing the development tools and desired demonstration,
use the following procedure to build, run, and debug your software:
1. Load the desired code example into MPLAB by double-clicking the
*.mcp
project file.
2. Connect the appropriate plug-in board to the 24-pin connector of the evaluation board. Make sure
the pin numbers of the plug-in board are aligned with the pin numbers on the evaluation board.
3. Connect a PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Programmer/Debugger (PG164130) directly to the program
header labeled J1, or use the RJ-11 to ICSP™ Adaptor (AC164110) to connect a MPLAB REAL
ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator (DV24405) to the program header, J1.
4. Connect the USB port on the evaluation board to a USB port on the development computer
using a USB cable, or power the evaluation board using the +3.3V and GND or +5.5V and GND
test points.
5. Choose the appropriate debugger/emulator tool in MPLAB IDE by selecting Debugger > Select
Tool.
6. Build the project by selecting Project
> Build All.
7. Download your code into the evaluation board microcontroller by selecting Debugger >
Program.
8. Run the application previously downloaded by selecting Debugger > Run
.
Touching the appropriate keys on the plug-in board will cause the LEDs on the evaluation board to
respond as previously programmed.
Note:
Standard Evaluation (Free) – All optimization levels are enabled for 60 days, but
then revert to optimization level 1 only.
