Development board
Based around the 40 pin PIC's (PIC16F877 / PIC18F452). The Development board can be used with a wide variety of PIC Micros, even with differnt size micros with the optional adaptors.Ideal for the hobbyist, Professional and students alike, the board allows you to connect any port to any of the onboard circuit modules or to an external circuit or a mixture of both with ease.
Students and beginners will be able to write and test their applications for the PIC Micro in no time flat. The development board is also a great way for the hobbyist to experiment with the PIC Micro and various devices. The Development board will also prove to be a valuable tool for the professional who wants a quick and easy way to write and test their code routines. Now with the inclusion of an ICD connector, you may now use Microchips ICD2 to program and debug (ICD2 supported chips) or use the PICKIT2 USB Programmer while working on the Development Board.
The Development board is virtually Plug, Program & Play. Each of the PIC Micro's port I/O lines are available via the 10 way connectors and each of the circuit modules connect to their own 10 way connectors. Supply for each of the circuit modules is provided from pins 9 and 10 of the of the PIC's I/O port connectors. So all that you have to do is plug in the 10 way IDC cable from the desired I/O port to the circuit module you wish to use and start writing your code. With a parallel port prototype programmer circuit on board, there is no need to remove the Micro for programming, as the programmer is able to program the PIC Micro while still connected to the circuit.
Since none of the PIC Micros I/O lines are committed to any circuit, you are by no means limited to the circuits provided on the board. You may connect the PIC Micro I/O lines to an external circuit using the breakout connectors or using the breadboard adaptor, while still using an circuit module on the Development Board. The RS232 line driver / receiver and I2C EEPROM are configured to make use of the onboard Peripherals of the PIC Micro But may be used and connected to any avaliable I/O port when using a bit bang routine.
The Development board includes:
- 16 Character by 2 line LCD module, which may be used in 4 bit or 8 bit modes.
(back light version supplied / Fitted).
- 4 Multiplexed seven segment displays.
- 16 button matrix keypad.
- 8 indicator LEDs. (active low)
- 8 momentary push button switches, which can all be set to Pull Up / Down and will pull the I/O line low / high when pushed on.
Each switch line can be held in the on state via the Dip switch.
- Dual RS232 line driver / receiver. So you can get the PIC Micro to communicate to a PC via the serial port.
- 5 x 7 LED Matrix display.
- Sync serial in - parallel out shift register.
- I2C EEPROM with provision to select slave device address
Dip Switch 1-2-3 is for setting slave address, Switch 4 is to write protect.
(EEPROM Supplied is not addressable).
- Break out connectors for swapping I/O Lines
or for tapping one or more lines out to an external circuit.
- 32.768KHz crystal osc for input to TMR1 timer / counter.
- ICD2 connecter for programming or DeBugging with Microchips In Circuit Debugger while working with the board.
- On-board parallel port prototype programmer.
- The board has a 3 pin socket for the Oscillator. A 4MHz three pin ceramic resonator is supplied as standard (8,10, 12, 16 or 20MHz optional). The resonator may also be replaced with a Crystal as there is provision on the PCB for loading capacitors when using a crystal.
- 6 IDC connecting cables.
- DB25 male to DB25 female straight through parallel cable, (programming cable).
- Soft copy of the Instruction manual (in PDF format) which includes:
Assembly instructions.
Setup of the software to be used with the development board.
Circuit diagram and circuit description of each circuit.
A tutorial on the LCD module.
Sample / Test codes connection details and code Descriptions.
- The development board CD includes:
Instruction manual in PDF format.
IC Prog Programmer software
PIC C Lite (Demo Version of the Hi-Tech C compiler for the PIC Micro)
Utility software to assist when writing code for the 7 segment and LED matrix displays.
Sample / test codes of each circuit module to get you started.
Some of the new features of the Development board are:
- An input supply of 9 -12 volts AC or DC.
- ICD2 Connector so you may use Microchips In Circuit Debugger to program and Debugg your code (of supported chips) while Developing on the development board.
- Supports a wide range of PIC Micro's including the 18F Series of PIC's.
- A Power Inverter is on-board to generate the 13+ volts required for High voltage programming. Input supply can now be as low as 9 volts DC.
- A 3 way switch allow you to switch between Run - Program and Debug modes on the Development board.
RUN - execute the programmed code
Program - connect the programming pins to the onboard Parallel programmer for programming.
Debug - connect the programming pins to the ICD2 connector for programming / Debugging with the PICKIT2 or ICD2.
- You may also use the Development board just as a programmer. You will be able to program and Develop with a majority of the 40 pin PIC Micros, and also the 8, 14, 18 and 28 pin range with the pin converter adaptors.
- The development board is expandable. So the board may keep on growing over time.
- There are optional extras that can be used with the development board.
To use the PIC Development Board you will require:
- A PC with a Pentium II CPU or greater with a minimum of 256MB Ram with a CDROM drive and Parallel Port, running Windows 2000® or above.
- MPLAB IDE® or Similar Editor / assembler / Compiler.
- 9v - 12v AC/DC plug pack 500mA or greater.
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