Getting Started: Running the “Device

1) If using the PICDEM FS USB Demo Board, no hardware related configuration or jumper setting changes should be necessary. The demo board need only be programmed with appropriate firmware.

Configuration 2: PIC18F87J50 PIM

1) Short JP4 on the PIC18F87J50 PIM. This allows the demo board to be powered through bus power.

2) Short JP1 such that the “R” and “U” options are shorted.

3) Short JP5 on PIC18F87J50 PIM. This connects the LEDs to RE0 and RE1 pins of the Microcontroller.

Configuration 3: Explorer 16

1) Before attaching the PIM to the Explorer 16 board, insure that the processor selector switch (S2) is in the “PIM” position as seen in the image below.

2) Short the J7 jumper to the “PIC24” setting

3) Before connecting the PIM to the Explorer 16 board, remove all attached cables from both boards. Connect the PIM to the Explorer 16 board. Be careful when connecting the boards to insure that no pins are bent or damaged during the process. Also insure that the PIM is not shifted in any direction and that all of the headers are properly aligned.

3a) If using the PIC24FJ64GB004 PIM, please insure that the programming port switch is switched in the PGX1 direction.

4) On the USB PICTail Plus board, short jumper JP1. Remove all other shorts on the board.

5) Connect the USB PICTail Plus board to either of the female PICTail Plus connectors or on the card edge connector (J9) at the edge of the Explorer 16 board.

Note: When using the HID bootloader for PIC32, it is important to modify the procdefs.ld file to relocate the sections of code that will hold the bootloader and those sections that will hold the user application. Example modified procdefs.ld files have been provided with each project. This file is currently named “Procdefs.ld.boot”. When using the example project with the bootloader it is required to remove the “.boot” section of the file. This will allow MPLAB to use this file instead of the default linker file. Once the linker file is renamed, however, the project will no longer work without the bootloader. Please rename the file in order to get the project working again with PIC32.

Configuration 4: Low Pin Count USB Development Kit

1) Short pins 2 and 3 of J14. Make sure J12 is left open.

Configuration 5: PIC18F46J50 Full Speed USB Demo Board

1) Short JP3 to allow the board to be powered from the USB.

Configuration 6: PIC32 USB Starter Board

No specific hardware configuration is required for this demo.

Configuration 7: PIC24F Starter Kit 1

The PIC24F Starter Kit does not require any hardware setup to run this demo. This demo does, however, require the user to change the default selected device in the project before compiling the demo.

1) Open the associated project file for C30

2) In MPLAB Select “Configure->Select Device”

3) In the device list box in the top left corner of that window, select “PIC24FJ256GB106”

Configuration 8: PIC18F Starter Kit

No specific hardware configuration is required for this demo.

Firmware:

To run this project, you will need to load the corresponding firmware into the devices. There are two methods available for loading the demos: Precompiled demos and source code projects.

Precompiled Demos are available in the “<Install Directory>\USB – Precompiled Demos” folders. Each demo should be prefaced with the hardware platform it is compiled for. Select the file that matches the hardware that you have and the demo that you want to run. For more information about how to load a precompiled project, please see the “Getting Started – Loading a precompiled demo” guide.

The source code for this demo is available in the “<Install Directory\USB Device - Audio - MIDI\Firmware” directory. In this directory you will find all of the user level source and header files as well as project and workspace files for each of the hardware platforms. Find the project (*.mcp) or workspace (*.mcw) file that corresponds to the hardware platform you wish to test. Compile and program the demo code into the hardware platform. For more help on how to compile and program projects, please refer to the MPLAB® IDE help available through the help menu of MPLAB IDE (Help->Topics…->MPLAB IDE).

Please note that when using either the C30 or C32 demo projects you will be required to select the correct processor for the demo board.

1) Open the associated project file

2) In MPLAB Select “Configure->Select Device”

3) In the device list box in the top left corner of that window, select the desired device.

Running the Demo:

This demo uses the selected hardware platform as a USB MIDI device. Connect the device to the computer. Open a MIDI recording software package. Each MIDI recording software interface is different so the following instructions may not apply the to software package you are using. Please refer to the user’s manual for the software package you are using for more details of how to configure that tool for a USB MIDI input.

Using Garage Band ’08 [Macintosh Computers]

Open Garage Band. If you haven’t opened Garage Band before you will see an opening window. Select “Create New Music Project”

The next window will prompt you for information about the song. Change any of the information is desired. Click “Create” when done.

The Garage Band main window will open. In this window there should be a single default track if the USB device is already attached. At this point you can press the pushbutton on the demo board and it will cycle through a series of notes and play these notes through the computer speakers.

Using LMMS [Windows or Linux]

In this example we will be using Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS) available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/lmms/. Install LMMS. Attach the demo board to the computer. Make sure to attach the USB Audio MIDI example board to the computer before opening LMMS as LMMS polls for USB MIDI devices upon opening but may not find the devices attached after the program is opened.

Click on the instrument plug-in button and click and drag the desired instrument plug in to the song editor window.

Once the new instrument is available in the song editor window, “click on the actions” for this track button. Select the “MIDI > Input > USB Audio Device” option.

If you open this option again you should see a green check mark indicating that the device is selected as the input.

At this point you can press the pushbutton on the demo board and it will cycle through a series of notes and play these notes through the computer speakers.

Push Button

PICDEM FS USB:

PIC18F87J50 PIM:

Explorer 16:

Low pin count USB development kit:

PIC18F46J50 Full Speed USB Demo Board:

PIC32 USB Starter Kit

PIC24F Starter Kit 1:

The PIC24F Starter Kit 1 does not implement the pushbutton for these demos. This functionality is not present in this demo.

PIC18 Starter Kit

Trademarks:

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PICDEM and PICTail are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.

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