GettingupandrunningwithchipKIT™Pi
chipKIT™PireliesontheopensourceMPIDEintegrateddevelopmentenvironment,aversionof
whichhasbeenportedtoanoperatingsystemthatrunsonRaspberryPi.
Itisrecommended,foreaseandforfirsttimeuse,thatusersdownloadthecompleteoperating
systemandMPIDEasacompletepackage.Thiscanbedownloadedat
http://downloads.element14.com/downloads/chipkit_pi.zip,andshouldbesavedtoyourcomputer.
Thefilewillbequitelarge(2GB),andwillrequireunzippingonceithasbeendownloaded.Once
unzipped,youwillbeleftwitha.ISOimagefile,readyforflashingtoyouremptySDCard.
ChooseanSDCardofatleast4GBcapacity.UseaflashingutilitylikeWin32DiskImager(available
forfree,fromhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/)toflashthe.ISOimagetoyourSD
Card.Whencomplete,insertthefullyflashedSDCardtoyourRaspberryPi.
PlugyournewchipKIT™PiboardintoRaspberryPi,andpowerup.AsMPIDEisalreadyinstalled,you
shouldbeabletostartMPIDEfromthedesktop.Forreliableoperation,donotplugchipKIT™Piinto
aRaspberryPithatisalreadypoweredup.Alwayspowerupbothdevicestogether.
PoweringthechipKIT™Pi
ThechipKITPicanbepoweredinthefollowingways:
‐ OvertheUSB
‐ ViatheICSPConnection
‐ ThroughtheVininput
‐ FromtheRaspberryPi
‐ Throughthepowerjack
ProgrammingthechipKITPifromMPIDE
InordertoprogramthechipKITPifromMPIDEwithyoursketch,theboardmustbesetto
bootloadermode.Toenterbootloadermode:
1. EnsurethatbothJumpersJP1andJP4areconnectedtoupper‐mostpinsoftheirheader
2. PressandholdtheBOOTLOAD‐ENbutton.
3. WhiletheBOOTLOAD‐ENbuttonisstillpressed,pressandreleasetheRESETbutton.
4. ReleasetheBOOTLOAD‐ENbutton.
5. BootloadermodewillbeconfirmedwhentheTX1LEDisonandtheRX1flashes.
6. Afterthesketchisuploaded,theTX1andRX1LEDswillturnoff.