Release Notes for Microchip Application Libraries
(MAL) v2010-08-04
Microchip Technology Inc.
2010
August 4, 2010
Table of Contents
1. What is Microchip Application Libraries
(MAL)?
2. Installing/Uninstalling
MAL
3. What’s new/change in
v2010-08-04
MAL is a collection of Microchip firmware libraries
and demo projects. Not all firmware libraries and demo projects from Microchip
are distributed with MAL; rather, MAL includes a few specific libraries that
tend to be used together.
By distributing libraries that are used often
together, Microchip can provide example projects that integrate the use of
multiple libraries.
Some example projects that use multiple libraries
are:
Graphics MultiApp Demo
PIC18F Starter Kit 1
PIC24F Starter Kit 1
PIC24H Starter Kit 1
TCPIP MDD Demo App
USB Host – Printer – Print Screen Demo
USB Host – Printer – Simple Full Sheet Demo
USB Host – Printer –
Simple POS Demo
MAL is currently being distributed mainly in the
source code form to provide the maximum flexibility for end designers to
customize firmware to fit his/her applications.
To obtain the latest version of MAL, you can download it from the
Microchip web site at www.microchip.com/MAL.
Once the MAL package is downloaded, first unzip the downloaded zip file
and run the setup executable.
Currently, MAL does not provide an uninstaller. To uninstall, simply delete
the installation folder and the short cut menu folder. No registry edits were
made during the installation.
Some users may need to install multiple instances of MAL; this can be
done simply by selecting a different installation path and shortcut menu
folder.
When upgrading from a previous MAL version, it is recommended that users
install the newer MAL to a different installation path, and then consult each
individual library release notes for changes that may impact application
project. This method is safer than just overwriting the previous installation.
For a full list of changes, read each individual library’s release notes
after installation. This section
provides only a summary of key changes:
Key Summary:
Library |
Current Version |
Previous Version |
PIC Family Supported |
||||
PIC18F (8-bit) |
PIC24F (16-bit) |
PIC24H (16-bit) |
dsPIC (16-bit) |
PIC32 (32-bit) |
|||
2.7a |
2.7 |
x |
X |
|
|
x |
|
2.10 |
2.10 |
|
X |
x |
x |
x |
|
1.2.6 |
1.2.6 |
x |
X |
x |
x |
x |
|
5.25 |
5.25 |
x |
X |
x |
x |
x |
|
1.20 |
1.20 |
x |
X |
|
|
|
|
1.01 |
1.00 |
x |
X |
|
|
|
For
more information about the specific changes in this revision, please refer to
the Revision History section of the MCHPFSUSB Library Help file available in
the library download.
For
more information about the specific changes in this revision, please refer to
the detailed release notes in the Graphics Library Help file available in the
library download.
For
more information about the specific changes in this revision, please refer to
the detailed release notes in the TCPIP Stack Help file available in the
library download.
Microchip provides online support via our web site at
http://www.microchip.com. This web site
is used as a means to make files and information easily available to customers.
Accessible by using your favorite Internet browser, the web site contains the
following information:
Microchip's customer notification service helps keep
customers current on Microchip products. Subscribers will receive e-mail
notification whenever there are changes, updates, revisions or errata related
to a specified product family or development tool of interest.
To register, access the Microchip web site at
www.microchip.com, click on Customer Change Notification and follow the
registration instructions.
Users of Microchip products can receive assistance
through several channels:
Customers should contact their distributor,
representative or field application engineer (FAE) for support. Local sales
offices are also available to help customers. A listing of sales offices and
locations is available on our website.
Technical support is available through the web site
at: http://support.microchip.com
Trademarks:
The Microchip
name and logo, the Microchip logo, MPLAB, and PIC are registered trademarks of
Microchip Technology Incorporated in the