MCP73871 Demo Board with Voltage Proportional Current Control Users Guide 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51812BNote 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 Microchips Data Sheets. Most likely, the person doing so is engaged in theft of intellectual property. Microchip is willing to work with the customer who is concerned about the integrity of their code. Neither Microchip nor any other semiconductor manufacturer can guarantee the security of their code. Code protection does not mean that we are guaranteeing the product as unbreakable. Code protection is constantly evolving. We at Microchip are committed to continuously improving the code protection features of our products. Attempts to break Microchips code protection feature may be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If such acts allow unauthorized access to your software or other copyrighted work, you may have a right to sue for relief under that Act. Information contained in this publication regarding device Trademarks applications and the like is provided only for your convenience The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, dsPIC, and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to KEELOQ, KEELOQ logo, MPLAB, PIC, PICmicro, PICSTART, ensure that your application meets with your specifications. rfPIC and UNI/O are registered trademarks of Microchip MICROCHIP MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR FilterLab, Hampshire, HI-TECH C, Linear Active Thermistor, IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, STATUTORY OR MXDEV, MXLAB, SEEVAL and The Embedded Control OTHERWISE, RELATED TO THE INFORMATION, Solutions Company are registered trademarks of Microchip INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS CONDITION, Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PURPOSE. Microchip disclaims all liability Analog-for-the-Digital Age, Application Maestro, CodeGuard, arising from this information and its use. Use of Microchip dsPICDEM, dsPICDEM.net, dsPICworks, dsSPEAK, ECAN, devices in life support and/or safety applications is entirely at ECONOMONITOR, FanSense, HI-TIDE, In-Circuit Serial the buyers risk, and the buyer agrees to defend, indemnify and Programming, ICSP, Mindi, MiWi, MPASM, MPLAB Certified hold harmless Microchip from any and all damages, claims, logo, MPLIB, MPLINK, mTouch, Octopus, Omniscient Code suits, or expenses resulting from such use. No licenses are Generation, PICC, PICC-18, PICDEM, PICDEM.net, PICkit, 32 conveyed, implicitly or otherwise, under any Microchip PICtail, PIC logo, REAL ICE, rfLAB, Select Mode, Total intellectual property rights. Endurance, TSHARC, UniWinDriver, WiperLock and ZENA are trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. SQTP is a service mark of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their respective companies. 2009, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Printed in the U.S.A., All Rights Reserved. Printed on recycled paper. Microchip received ISO/TS-16949:2002 certification for its worldwide headquarters, design and wafer fabrication facilities in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona Gresham, Oregon and design centers in California and India. The Companys quality system processes and procedures are for its PIC MCUs and dsPIC DSCs, KEELOQ code hopping devices, Serial EEPROMs, microperipherals, nonvolatile memory and analog products. In addition, Microchips quality system for the design and manufacture of development systems is ISO 9001:2000 certified. DS51812B-page 2 2009 Microchip Technology Inc.