ThischapterprovidesthelimitedinformationthatexperiencedusersofPCs

andembeddedapplicationdevelopmenttoolsneedinordertoquicklystart

usingPROMATEII.MPROMATEIIUSER’SGUIDE2001MicrochipTechnologyInc.DS30082JNotethefollowingdetailsofthecodeprotectionfeatureonPICmicroMCUs.ThePICmicrofamilymeetsthespecificationscontainedintheMicrochipDataSheet.MicrochipbelievesthatitsfamilyofPICmicromicrocontrollersisoneofthemostsecureproductsofitskindonthemarkettoday,whenusedintheintendedmannerandundernormalconditions.Therearedishonestandpossiblyillegalmethodsusedtobreachthecodeprotectionfeature.Allofthesemethods,toourknowl-edge,requireusingthePICmicromicrocontrollerinamanneroutsidetheoperatingspecificationscont