This chapter contains general information about this user’s guide and customer support that will be useful prior to using the PICkit™ 1 Flash Starter Kit. PICkit 1 Flash Starter Kit User’s Guide 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS40051D Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip devices: Microchip products meet the specification contained in their particular Microchip Data Sheet. Microchip believes that its family of products is one of the most secure families of its kind on the market today, when used in the intended manner and under normal conditions. There are dishonest and possibly illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. All of these methods, to our knowledge, require using the Microchip products in a manner outside the operating specificat……