Thank you for purchasing the PICDEM LIN demonstration board from Microchip Technology Incorporated. The PICDEM LIN is a simple board, which demonstrates the capabilities of several Microchip microcontrollers, specifically from the PIC16C432, PIC16C433, PIC16C7XX, PIC16X8X, PIC18FXX8 families and the stand-alone LIN transceiver with built-in voltage regulator MCP201, using the LIN bus protocol. The PICDEM LIN can be used stand-alone with a programmed part, or with an emulator system, such as MPLAB ® ICE. Sample programs are provided to demonstrate the unique features of the supported devices. The PICDEM LIN Kit comes with the following: 1. PICDEM LIN Demonstration Board 2. Sample devices 3. Sample programs 4. PICDEM LIN Demonstration Board User’s Guide (this document) PICDEM LIN User’s Guide 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS41185C 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 specifications contained in Microchip’s Data Sheets. Most l……