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2 Quick Guide to Microchip Development Tools

MPLAB® IDE

MPLAB IDE is Microchip’s free, integrated toolset for

the development of PIC® microcontroller and dsPIC®

digital signal controller embedded applications. MPLAB

IDE runs as a 32-bit application on MS Windows®,

is easy to use and includes a host of free software

components for fast application development and super-

charged debugging. MPLAB IDE also serves as a single,

uniﬁ ed graphical user interface for additional Microchip

and third-party software/hardware development tools.

Moving between tools is easy, and upgrading from the

free MPLAB SIM simulator to MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit

Debugger or the MPLAB REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator is

effortless, since MPLAB IDE has the same user interface

for all tools.

Download MPLAB IDE and use the MPLAB IDE Quick

Start manual to discover how easy it is to create an

application. Write code, build and assemble your project

with MPLAB wizards, then test your code with the built-in

simulator and debugger. Explore the capabilities of all

Microchip microcontrollers. When you are ready to test

your application, use a PICkit™ 3 or MPLAB ICD3 to

program a device and analyze your hardware, or choose

a production-graded, universal MPLAB PM3 programmer

to program your code. For the ultimate in analysis, rely

upon the MPLAB REAL ICE in-circuit emulator to help ﬁ nd

the toughest bugs and ﬁ ne tune your application.

Integrated Development Environment and Software Tools

■ MPLAB SIM – High-speed software simulator features

peripheral simulation, complex stimulus injection and

exercised with stimulus signals from ﬁ les, from mouse clicks

and from easily set up waveforms. The contents of variables

and special function registers can be logged to a ﬁ le for

analysis.

■ Programmer’s Text Editor – Color-coded context easily

shows typos and incorrect assembler and C statements. Full

debugging is performed while in the editor window, including

setting breakpoints, displaying variable values with mouse

over and setting trace ranges.

■ Full-Featured Debugger – Watch windows show C structures

and arrays, as well as all variables from C and assembler

source. Step-over, step-into, step-out and run to cursor allow

quick inspection of code operations.

■ Data Monitor Control Interface (DMCI) – Provides a

graphical method to input and adjust software motor

parameters. Plots can be used to show a time history of

control variables so that the motor dynamic response can

by analyzed. Useful for tweaking software parameters and

visualizing historical data during debug sessions.

■ Version Control Support – For MS Source Safe, CVS, PVCS

and Subversion.

■ Macro Assembler – For all current Microchip devices, with

linker and librarian for building reusable code libraries. These

can be used for assembly language programming and are

also delivered with the Microchip C Compilers.

■ Graphical Project Manager – Source ﬁ les can be instantly

opened and edited, different optimizations can be applied to

different source ﬁ les and all project ﬁ les are displayed in the

project window.

Powerful Project Manager handles

multiple projects and all file types

Color-keyed editor makes

source code debug easier

Status bar updates on

single step or run

Fully customizable watch windows to

view and modify registers and memory

locations

Simply move your mouse over a

variable to view or modify

Set break/trace points with a

click of the mouse

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Microchip offers

two C compiler

families: MPLAB

C Compiler

and HI-TECH

C® Compiler.

Both compilers

produces highly

optimized codes,

are integrated

with MPLAB IDE,

compatible with

Microchip debuggers and emulators and are available as the

freeware Lite and evaluation editions.

The Lite editions support the same devices and commands

as the Standard or PRO editions, and have no time or memory

restrictions, however code optimizations are limited. The Lite

editions offer unrestricted-use license so they are ideal as a

low-cost tool for academic or commercial use. The evaluation

editions enable full use of features and optimizations of the

compilers. After the evaluation period, the compiler will revert to

the Lite edition functionality. Both Lite and evaluation editions

are available for free download at www.microchip.com/free

HI-TECH C compilers are available for all Microchip

microcontrollers and DSCs. MPLAB C compilers are available for

8-bit PIC18, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers.

MPLAB C® Compilers

High Optimization and Performance at a Low-cost

Microchip’s MPLAB C compilers are full-featured, ANSI- compliant

high-performance tools that are tightly integrated with MPLAB

IDE. Source level debugging allows single- stepping through C

source code and inspecting variables and structures at critical

points in the code. Being integrated with MPLAB IDE allows a

single environment to write source code, debug with the free

MPLAB SIM simulator, and full hardware debugging with MPLAB

ICD 3 and MPLAB REAL ICE. Compiler switches and linker

customizations are done within the MPLAB IDE to provide a full

graphical front end to these powerful compilers. Editing errors

and breakpoints instantly switch to the corresponding lines in

source code. Watch windows show data structures with deﬁ ned

data types, including ﬂ oating point.

Microchip’s C Compilers for 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs and DSCs

are based upon open source GCC code, and source code is

freely available.

■ ANSI-compliant, with standard math, memory, data conversion

and math libraries

■ Generates relocatable object modules and libraries for

enhanced code reuse

■ Strong support for in-line assembly when total control is

absolutely necessary

■ Allows complete freedom to mix C and assembler modules in

a single project

■ Extensive libraries including Microchip peripheral libraries

■ Full user control over data and code memory allocation

■ Full interrupt support

■ Free upgrades

■ Support for DSP intrinsics (for dsPIC DSCs)

HI-TECH C® Compilers

Featuring Omniscient Code Generation™

HI-TECH C compilers are enabled with Omniscient Code

Generation (OCG), a whole-program compilation technology, to

facilitate more intelligent, state-of-the-art code generation and

enhance product usability. Rather than relying completely on

the linker to uncover errors in independently compiled modules,

an OCG compiler completes the initial stages of compilation

for each module separately, but defers object code generation

until the point at which a view of the whole program is available.

Information gathered from a global view of the program, can be

used to provide better detection of potential errors in the user’s

code, and to better optimize the output. HI-TECH C compilers

can deliver denser code, improve RAM utilization and reduce

interrupt latency.

■ The all-seeing nature of OCG enables the compiler to

determine if a variable is being used in the program. Unused

variables are removed, thus saving RAM.

■ OCG enables a compiler to determine which variables are

used in a program. Those which are not used are removed to

save RAM.

■ The compiler knows exactly which registers are in both

interrupt and mainline context, so it can generate code

accordingly, minimizing both the code size and cycles required

to switch contexts.

■ OCG allows automatic allocation of data into RAM banks

eliminating the need for the programmer to specify the

location of the variables.

■ OCG has the ability to generate a printf function that is

customized for the program at hand. It does this by scanning

the user’s code and only includes those features of printf

that were detected. This results in a huge saving in program

memory but also saves you valuable RAM space.

■ By only including the features of printf in the user's code,

OCG has the ability to generate a printf function that is

customized for the program at hand, saving signiﬁ cant

amounts of program memory and valuable RAM space.

■ The compiler detects how frequently each variable is used

and which are dependent, enabling it to optimize pointers

and position objects in the most efﬁ cient memory spaces,

eliminating the need for this to be done manually with

non-standard C language extensions.

■ Fully ANSI-compliant

■ Includes Library source – for standard libraries and sample

code for I/O drivers

■ Includes macro assembler, linker, preprocessor and one-step

driver

■ Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac® OS X

Microchip Compilers

Relative Code Size of Compiler Editions

Lite

Standard PRO

Relative Code Size

50%

100%

Compiler Editions

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In-Circuit Emulators and Debuggers

Microchip offers three universal debuggers. They share design

platforms, support all microcontroller and DSC families,

are USB-powered and fully integrated with MPLAB IDE.

MPLAB ICD3 offers debugging and hardware features that

would satisfy the needs of most users. PICkit 3 Debugger/

Programmer is the economical choice when basic debugging

functions are desired. MPLAB REAL ICE emulator offers

advanced features usually available only on expensive and

high-end emulators, like data capture, trace, logic triggers

and high-speed debugging up to 10 feet. Both MPLAB REAL

ICE and MPLAB ICD 3 can be used as programmers in a

production environment.

MPLAB®

ICD 3 Debugger/Programmer (DV164035)

MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger System is

Microchip's most cost effective high-speed

hardware debugger/programmer for

Microchip Flash Digital Signal Controller

(DSC) and microcontroller (MCU) devices.

It debugs and programs PIC Flash microcontrollers and

dsPIC DSCs with the powerful, yet easy-to-use graphical user

interface of MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

The MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger probe is connected

to the design engineer's PC using a high-speed USB 2.0

interface and is connected to the target with a connector

compatible with the MPLAB REAL ICE systems (RJ-11).

■ MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger is designed to support

high-speed processors running at maximum speeds,

allowing embedded engineers to debug applications on

their own hardware in real time.

■ Protection circuitries are added to the probe drivers to

guard the probe kit from power surges from the target.

VDD and VPP voltage monitors protect against over-voltage

conditions, and all lines have over-current protection. The

unit can provide power to a target (up to 100ma).

■ Housed in a small (3.7" x .8") and attractive enclosure, the

MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger is powered by the USB

port, so an external power adapter is not required. MPLAB

ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger is CE and RoHS-compliant.

■ Fast programming allows both quick ﬁ rmware reload for fast

debugging and for in-circuit re-programming. Programming

times are improved up to 15x over MPLAB ICD 2.

■ MPLAB ICD 3 supports target supply voltages from 2.0 to

5.5 volts.

■ Included with every MPLAB ICD3 is a test module to test

I/O lines to conﬁ rm the unit is working properly.

■ Adding new device support and advanced features to

MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger is as simple as installing

later versions of the MPLAB IDE, downloadable free. MPLAB

ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger is ﬁ eld upgradeable through a

ﬁ rmware download from MPLAB IDE.

■ Allows debugging with MPLAB IDE, supporting multiple

breakpoints, stopwatch, source code ﬁ le debugging in

MPLAB’s editor for quick program modiﬁ cation/debug.

PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Debugger (PG164130)

The PICkit 3 Debug Express allows debugging

and programming of PIC Flash microcontrollers

and dsPIC DSCs using the powerful graphical

user interface of the MPLAB Integrated

Development Environment (IDE).

■ USB (Full speed 12 Mbits/s interface to host PC)

■ Real-time execution

■ Firmware upgradeable from PC/web download

■ Totally enclosed

■ Supports low voltage to 2.0 volts (2.0V 6.0V range)

■ Diagnostic LEDs (power, busy, error)

■ Read/write program and data memory of microcontroller

■ Erase of program memory space with veriﬁ cation

■ Freeze-peripherals at breakpoint

MPLAB REAL ICE™ Emulator (DV244005)

MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator

System is Microchip’s next generation high

speed emulator for Microchip Flash DSC

and MCU devices. It debugs and programs

PIC and dsPIC Flash microcontrollers with

the easy-to-use but powerful graphical user interface of the

MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), included

with each kit. The MPLAB REAL ICE probe is connected

to the design engineer's PC using a high-speed USB 2.0

interface and is connected to the target with either a

connector compatible with the popular MPLAB ICD 3 system

(RJ11) or with the high speed, noise tolerant, low voltage

differential signal (LVDS) interconnection (CAT5).

MPLAB REAL ICE is ﬁ eld upgradeable through future

ﬁ rmware downloads in MPLAB IDE. In upcoming releases

of MPLAB IDE, new devices will be supported, and new

features added.

■ Real-time execution and real time trace collection

■ Stopwatch

■ Real time watch

■ Full hardware debugging: breakpoints, single-step,

variable inspect/modify

■ Logic probe inputs/outputs (8)

■ I/O Port trace and SPI trace options for high speed

upload of trace data

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In-Circuit Emulators and Debuggers

Feature PICkit™ 3 MPLAB® ICD 3 MPLAB REAL ICE™

USB Speed Full Only High and Full High and Full

USB Driver HID Microchip Microchip

USB Powered Yes Yes Yes

Programmable VPP Yes Yes Yes

Power to Target Yes Yes No

Programmable VDD Yes Yes Yes

VDD Drain from Target 20 ma < 1 ma < 1 ma

Over Voltage/Current Protection Yes, SW Yes, HW Yes, HW

Emulation support Full Speed Full Speed Full Speed

Breakpoints Simple Complex Complex

Software Breakpoints Yes Yes Yes

Program Memory Image Size 512 Kbytes No No

Serialized USB Yes Yes Yes

Trace – Native No No Yes

Trace – Other (SPI, PORT, Inst) No No Yes

Data Capture No No Yes

Logic/Probe Triggers No No Yes

High Speed PAK (LVDS) No No Yes

Production Programmer No Yes Yes

Third Party Tools

Microchip also offers a great collection of tools from third

party vendors. These tools are carefully selected to offer

good value and unique functionality.

■ Device Programmers and Gang Programmers from

companies such as SoftLog, SMH Technologies and CCS

■ Compilers from companies such as CCS, microEngineering

Labs and IAR Systems

■ Software Tools from companies such as Gimpel and Trace

Systems

■ Protocol Analyzers from companies such as Saleae and

Total Phase

■ Demo Boards from companies such as Evidence SRL,

Nurve Networks, Bartek Technologies and Schmartboard

■ Embedded Ethernet and Connectivity Solutions from

companies such as CCS and Embed

■ Innovative Cable Solutions from companies such as

Tag-Connect

6 Quick Guide to Microchip Development Tools

MPLAB® Starter Kit for PIC24H MCUs (DM240021)

The PIC24H Starter Kit is a complete

hardware and software kit for exploring the

power of PIC24H family of MCUs including

a built-in debugger on the board. A tri-axial

accelerometer is provided for acceleration

detection. The starter kit also showcases a low cost audio

playback with an on-board speaker and an OLED display

running the Microchip Graphics library.

MPLAB® Starter Kit for PIC24F MCUs (DM240011)

This kit includes an integrated in-circuit

debugger and programmer, USB device and

host connectors, tri color LED, capacitive

touch pad and an OLED display. Menu

driven demonstration software supports

data logging, thumb drive and graphics applications to test

the PIC24F MCU.

Explorer 16 Starter Kit (DV164037)

This kit is a complete set of tools for

application development supporting

Microchip’s PIC24F, PIC24H and dsPIC33

16-bit and PIC32 32-bit microcontrollers.

This kit includes a MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit

Debugger, an Explorer16 Development Board, a 9V universal

power supply for use with either the Explorer 16 board or the

MPLAB ICD, a serial cable and both a PIC24FJ128GA010 and

a dsPIC33F256GP710 device (mounted on plug-in modules

for quick replacement).

MPLAB® Starter Kit for dsPIC DSCs (DM330011)

This starter kit introduces users to the

dsPIC Digital Signal Controller device

using its speech and audio processing

capabilities. The kit is USB-powered, has

on-board debug circuitry and 24-bit codec

for high-quality audio applications. Also on the board are

reconﬁ gurable switches, potentiometers, a temperature

sensor and a 4 Mb serial EEPROM to store data such as

audio samples.

Getting Started

Starter Kits

Starter Kits are complete, affordable, turnkey solutions

consisting of hardware and software sufficient for exploring

specific applications or the features of the device family

they represent. Most kits include an on-board or separate

debugger, a CD containing MPLAB IDE and Lite compiler

editions and tutorials. To get started, simply install the

software, start MPLAB IDE, connect the hardware and step

through the easy-to-follow tutorials.

F1 Evaluation Kit (DV164132)

The F1 Evaluation Kit is a demonstration/

development tool for Enhanced Mid-Range

PIC microcontrollers (PIC12F1XXX/

PIC16F1XXX) and includes the PICkit 3

for quick programming and development.

Populated with a PIC16LF1937 featuring XLP technology,

this platform consists of a 44-pin development board with

prototyping space, 3V LCD glass, support for the Motor

Control add-on and support for PICkit 3 and PICkit Serial

Analyzer. This kit provides a platform for general purpose

development, and includes demonstrations focusing on low

power, LCD and motor control.

MPLAB® Starter Kit for PIC18 MCU (DM180021)

This kit includes an on-board debugger/

programming capability as well as USB

communication, a capacitive touch pad,

potentiometer, acceleration sensor,

MicroSD™ memory card and an OLED

display. The board can function as a USB mouse, joystick

or mass storage device (thumb drive) all using the on-board

capacitive touch sense pads.

PIC18 Development Kit (DV164136)

This kit includes a PIC18 Explorer board,

PICkit 3 Debugger/Programmer, USB

cable and a 9V universal power supply.

The PIC18 Explorer board includes both

the PIC18F8722 and PIC18F87J11

microcontrollers and supports dozens of general purpose

PIC18 families using various processor Plug-in Modules

(PIMs). PICtail daughter boards enable many different

accessory boards to connect to the PIC18 Explorer.

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PIC32 I/O Expansion Board (DM320002)

This I/O expansion board provides PIC32

starter board (DM320001, DM320003)

users with full access to MCU signals,

JTAG debugging, ICSP™ development and

connection of PICtail Plus daughter cards.

PICkit™ 3 Debug Express (DV164131)

The PICkit 3 Debug Express combines a

44-pin demo board with a PIC18F45K20

microcontroller and a PICkit 3 debugger/

programmer.

MPLAB® Starter Kit for Serial Memory Products

(DV243003)

This kit includes everything necessary to

quickly develop a robust and reliable Serial

EEPROM design, and greatly reduces the

time required for system integration and

hardware/software fine-tuning. Supports

Microchip UNI/O bus, I²C™, SPI and Microwire Serial

EEPROMs.

PIC32 Starter Kit (DM320001)

With over 35 source code examples to the

getting started project, this kit includes

everything needed to write, program, debug

and execute code on a high performance

PIC32 microcontroller.

PIC32 USB Starter Kit II (DM320003-2)

This kit provides the easiest and lowest cost

method to experience the USB and CAN

functionality of the PIC32 microcontrollers.

Users can develop CAN applications

using PIC32 expansion boards. The board

contains everything need to develop USB

embedded host/device/OTG applications by combining this

board with Microchip's free USB software.

PIC32 Ethernet Starter Kit (DM320004)

The PIC32 Ethernet Starter Kit provides

the easiest and lowest cost method to

experience 10/100 Ethernet development

with PIC32. Combined with Microchip's free

TCP/IP software, your project will be running

in no time. The PIC32 has an available CAN2.0b peripheral

and USB host/device/OTG.

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Getting Started

Development Tools Selector

Microchip's Development Tools

Selector (DTS) is software that

allows a user to view development

tools through a graphical user

interface (GUI) with ﬁ lter and

search capabilities to easily ﬁ nd

development tools associated to

the silicon products. Just enter

either a development tool or silicon

device in the search box and it

quickly displays all related tools

and devices. Updated after every

MPLAB® IDE release, it is available

online and ofﬂ ine at:

www.microchip.com/select

1. Enter the development

tool or silicon device

here.

3. Hover over icon or

text for pop-up detail

of actual tool and

status.

4. Click through tabs

to view different tools,

software and demo

boards.

2. Select a package to

view.

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PICDEM PIC18 Explorer Board (DM183032)

This low-cost demo board features a PIC18F8722 MCU which

is the superset of the traditional PIC18 general purpose

5V family. The board also comes with the PIC18F87J11

processor PIM which is the superset of the PIC18 J-series

of 3V MCUs for cost sensitive applications. This single

development board supports dozens of general purpose

PIC18 families using various processor Plug-In Modules

(PIMs).

PIC18F4XK20 Starter Kit (DM164124)

This starter kit is a demonstration and development platform

for Microchip's K20 series microcontrollers. The board

provides a platform to highlight this families benchmark for

lower power consumption, low-cost and high-performance

operation. It includes the development board, PICkit 3

development programmer/debugger and programming

lessons.

Graphics and LCD

Graphics PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board with

3.2˝ Display Kit (AC164127-3)

This kit provides a cost-effective method

for evaluating and developing graphics

display applications for 16- and 32-bit

microcontrollers. It includes a Graphics

LCD Controller PICtail Plus SSD1926

board (AC164127-5) and a Graphics Display Truly 3.2˝

240x320 board (AC164127-4). The kit is compatible with

the Explorer 16 development board (DM240001) or one of

the PIC32 starter boards (DM320001, DM320003).

Graphics Display Powertip 4.3˝ 480 x 272 Board

(AC164127-6)

This demonstration board is used to evaluate Microchip's

graphic display solution and graphics library for 16- and 32-

bit microcontrollers. It is an expansion board compatible with

the LCD controller boards such as Graphics LCD Controller

PICtail Plus SSD1926 board (AC164127-5)

Motor Control and Power Conversion

dsPICDEM™ MCLV Development Board (DM330021)

This development board is intended for

low-voltage (up to 48 volts at 10 amps)

BLDC sensored or sensorless applications.

It provides a low-cost system for users to

evaluate and develop applications using

dsPIC33F motor control DSCs via a Plug-

In Module (PIM) or 28-pin SOIC socket. Serial interfaces

include: RS-232C, CAN, LIN and USB (for RTDM). Feedback

support includes: Hall-Effect Sensors, Shaft Encoder, Back

EMF voltages and single or dual shunt resistors for current.

PICkit™ 3 In-Circuit Debugger, MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit

Debugger or REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator is required for

programming or debugging operations..

Application Specific Development Tools

Ethernet

Ethernet PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board (AC164123)

This board is populated with the 28-pin

ENC28J60 Ethernet controller which

interfaces to the RJ-45 connector. It

can be plugged into the Explorer 16

development board (DM240001), allowing

connection to any of Microchip’s 16- and 32-bit products

when used in conjunction with the free Microchip TCP/IP

stack.

Fast 100 Mbps Ethernet PICtail™ Plus

Daughter Board (AC164132)

This board is populated with a 64-pin ENC624J600

Ethernet controller and interfaces to the RJ-45 connector.

It can be plugged into the Explorer 16 development board

(DM240001) and the PIC18 Explorer board (DM183032)

allowing connection to any of Microchip’s 8, 16- and 32-bit

products.

PICDEM.net™ 2 Development Board (DM163024)

This Internet/Ethernet development board supports both the

ENC28J60 Ethernet controller and the single-chip Ethernet

PIC18F97J60 MCU. With this board and Microchip’s free

TCP/IP stack, a web server can be developed showcasing

the capability to remotely monitor and control embedded

applications over the Internet.

Ethernet PICtail™ Daughter Board (AC164121)

Provides a cost-effective method of evaluating and developing

Ethernet-control applications. This board is populated with

a 28-pin Ethernet controller, which interfaces to the RJ-45

female connector. Designed for flexibility, this board can

be plugged into the popular PICDEM HPC Explorer board

(DM183022).

eXtreme Low Power

nanoWatt XLP 16-bit Development Board (DM240311)

This development board provides a low-cost,

highly configurable development system

for Microchip's line of extreme low power

16-bit PIC24F microcontrollers featuring

sleep currents down to 20 nA. The board

supports development on PIC24F16KA102,

PIC24FJ64GA102 and PIC24F64GB002 families of MCUs.

This board can be powered by more than five sources

including batteries and energy harvesting modules and

supports a variety of common components that can be

selectively enabled.

board (AC164127 5

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PIC10F Capacitive Touch Board (AC103003)

This board demonstrates the simple implementation of

a single capacitive touch key or proximity sensor using a

PIC10F204/6 MCU.

mTouch AR1000 Development Kit (DV102011)

This kit provides everything designers need to get

started using AR1000 resistive controllers for a turn-key,

cost-effective solution. The kit includes the AR1000

development board, a 7 four-wire resistive touch screen, a

PICkit Serial Analyzer and all necesssary interface cables,

as well as a CD containing technical documentation and all

necessary software.

PICDEM™ Inductive Touch Development Kit

(DM183027)

This kit is an evaluation and development platform for

Microchip's Inductive Touch Technology. Factory programmed

ﬁ rmware provides immediate access to all board features

using the MPLAB mTouch plug-in. Using a PICkit Serial

analyzer to communicate with the PC, it allows the user

to analyze application critical information in real-time as it

relates to sensor behavior.

USB

PIC32 I/O Expansion Board (DM320002)

This I/O expansion board provides PIC32

starter board (DM320001, DM320003)

users with full access to MCU signals,

JTAG debugging, ICSP development and

connection of PICtail Plus daughter cards.

PICDEM™ FS-USB Demonstration Kit (DM163025)

This demo kit is an easy-to-use evaluation platform for

Microchip's Full-Speed USB solution. The family of full-speed

USB microcontrollers fully support USB 2.0 and serial

communications of up to 12 Mbit/s. All of the hardware and

software needed to demonstrate and develop a complete

USB communication solution is included.

PIC18F14K50 Low Pin Count USB Development Kit

(DV164126)

This development kit provides an easy, low cost way to

evaluate the functionality of Microchip's PIC18F14K50 and

PIC18F13K50 20-pin USB microcontrollers. The kit contains

the hardware, software and code examples necessary to take

your USB design from concept to prototype.

USB PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board (AC164131)

This daughter board enables USB connectivity when using a

PIC24 or PIC32 USB PIM in conjunction with the Explorer 16

board.

Application Specific Development Tools

dsPICDEM™ MCHV Development System (DM330023)

This development system is intended for high-voltage (up to

400 volts at 6.5 amps) BLDC, PMSM and ACIM sensored

or sensorless applications. It provides a low-cost Integrated

Power Module (IPM) based system for users to evaluate

and develop applications using dsPIC33F motor control

DSCs via a Plug-In Module (PIM) or a 28-pin SOIC socket.

Isolated serial interfaces include RS-232C and USB (for

RTDM). Feedback support includes: Hall-Effect Sensors,

Shaft Encoder, Back EMF voltages and single or dual current

shunt resistors. A PFC circuit is provided to meet regulatory

requirements. An isolated built-in debugger (similar to a

starter kit programmer/debugger) permits a direct connection

with a PC.

dsPICDEM™ MCSM Development Board (DM330022)

This development board is intended for low-voltage (up to

80 volts at 3 amps) 2-phase uni-polar or bi-polar stepper

motor (4, 6 or 8 wire) applications. It provides a low-cost

system for users to evaluate and develop applications using

dsPIC33F motor control DSCs via a Plug-In Module (PIM)

or 28-pin SOIC socket. A USB serial interface for RTDM is

provided. Feedback support includes current and voltage.

Demo software to run motors in open-loop or closed-loop with

full or variable micro-stepping is provided. A DMCI/RTDM GUI

for controlling step commands, motor parameter input and

operation modes is included.

dsPICDEM™ MCSM Stepper Motor Development

Board Kit (DV330021)

The kit includes the dsPICDEM MCSM board, a stepper

motor and a 24-volt power supply. PICkit 3 In-Circuit

Debugger, MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger or REAL ICE

In-Circuit Emulator is required for programming or debugging

operations.

Buck/Boost Converter PICtail™ Plus Card

(AC164133)

A low-cost development platform for dsPIC33FGS SMPS

devices, the buck/boost converter PICtail Plus card has two

buck stage outputs and one boost stage output. This board

can be used with either the Explorer 16 board or the 16-bit

28-pin starter board and the dsPIC33FGS SMPS and digital

power conversion devices.

Touch Sensing Technology

mTouch™ Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit

(DM183026)

Includes two main boards: one populated

with a PIC16F72X 8-bit MCU and the

other with a PIC24F256GB110 16-bit

MCU; and four daughter boards for

developing keys, sliders and a matrix.

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Digital Potentiometers

MCP402X Non-Volatile Digital Potentiometer

Evaluation Board (MCP402XEV)

This low-cost board demonstrates the features

of the MCP401X and MCP402X devices. Kit

includes one populated and one unpopulated

PCB. The populated board has an MCP4021-

103E/SN digital potentiometer configured as

a “windowed” potentiometer using a 2.5 kΩ pull-up and a

2.5 kΩ pull-down resistor. The PCB supports the 8-pin SOIC,

SOT-23-6 and SOT-23-5 package variations. The unpopulated

PCB allows user’s to build the exact combination of

components their application requires.

MCP42XX PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board

(MCP42XXDM-PTPLS)

This daughter board is used to demonstrate the operation

of the MCP42XX Digital Potentiometers. The operation of

the MCP41XX devices is similar to the MCP42XX devices.

Therefore, this demo board can be used as a development

platform for either device family. This board is designed to

be used in conjunction with either the PIC24 Explorer 16

demo board or the PICkit Serial Analyzer.

Digital-to-Analog Converters

MCP4725 PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board

(MCP4725DM-PTPLS)

This daughter board demonstrates the

MCP4725 (12-bit DAC with non-volatile

memory) features using the Explorer 16

development board and the PICkit Serial

Analyzer.

MCP4728 Evaluation Board (MCP4728EV)

This evaluation board allows quick and easy evaluation of

the MCP4728 4-channel 12-bit DAC device. It contains the

MCP4728 device and connection pins for Microchip's PICkit

Serial Analyzer. Connect the MCP4728 evaluation board to

the PICkit Serial Analyzer and enter the DAC input data in the

PC Graphical User Interface program. The serial analyzer then

sends the user's data to the DAC device automatically.

Energy Meters

MCP3905A Energy Meter Reference Design

(MCP3905RD-PM1)

This low-cost energy meter board acts as a

stand-alone energy meter or as the analog-

front-end design for LCD microcontroller-

based meters. The MCP3905A design is

specified with an energy measurement error of 0.1% typical

across 1:500 dynamic range for high accuracy energy meter

designs. The board is compliant with EMC requirements per

energy metering standards IEC62053 and legacy IEC61036,

IEC1046 and IEC687.

Analog-to-Digital Converters

MCP3901 ADC Evaluation Board for 16-bit MCUs

(MCP3901EV-MCU16)

This evaluation board for 16-bit MCUs

provides the ability to evaluate the

performance of the MCP3901 Dual Channel

ADC. It also provides a development platform

for 16-bit PIC MCU based applications.

MCP3421 Battery Fuel Gauge Demo Board

(MCP3421DM-BFG)

This board demonstrates how to measure the battery voltage

and discharging current using the MCP3421. The MCU

algorithm calculates the battery fuel being used.

MCP355X Tiny Application Sensor Demo Board

(MCP355XDM-TAS)

This 1˝x 1˝ board is designed to demonstrate the

performance of the MCP3550/1/3 devices in a simple

low-cost application. The circuit uses a ratiometric sensor

conﬁ guration and uses the system power supply as the

voltage reference. The extreme common mode rejection

capability of the MCP355X devices, along with their excellent

normal mode power supply rejection at 50 and 60 Hz, allows

for excellent system performance.

CAN & LIN Interface Products

MCP2515 PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board

(MCP2515DM-PTPLS)

This daughter board is a simple Controller

Area Network (CAN) board designed to be

used with boards containing the PICtail Plus

connector. The board also has the PICkit

Serial connector for interfacing to the PICkit

Serial Analyzer tool. The CAN node consists of the MCP2515

stand-alone CAN controller and MCP2551 CAN transceiver.

The PICkit Plus and PICkit Serial connectors allow the board

to be interfaced to a variety of PIC MCUs so that the user

can develop a CAN node.

MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo Board

(MCP2515DM-BM)

The MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor demo board kit contains two

identical boards which can be connected together to create

a simple two node Controller Area Network (CAN) bus, which

can be controlled and/or monitored via the included PC

interface. The board(s) can also be connected to an existing

CAN bus.

PICDEM™ CAN-LIN Demo Board (DM163011)

This demo board supports: 28-pin SDIP PIC18F258

and PIC18F268X devices, 40-pin PDIP PIC18F458 and

PIC18F468X devices and 20-pin PDIP PIC16C432 with

integrated LIN Bus transceiver.

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MCP3909 3-Phase Energy Meter Reference Design

(MCP3909RD-3PH1)

This reference design is a fully functional 3-phase

energy meter including PC software used for automated

calibration. The reference design consists of two boards:

the main metering board with the MCP3909 devices and

PIC18F2520 that performs the power calculations, and the

USB interface module which uses the PIC18F4550. The

meter design contains serially accessible registers and is

intended to be flexible and upgraded with a variety of PIC

microcontrollers using the included firmware.

I/O Expanders

MCP23X17 16-bit GPIO Expander Evaluation Board

(MCP23X17EV)

This board demonstrates the simple

input/output functionality of the

MCP23017 (I2C interface) and the

MCP23S17 (SPI interface). The

system demonstrates the simplicity of

monitoring four pins configured as inputs and applying a

predetermined pattern on LEDs connected to the remaining

12 pins configured as outputs.

IrDA®

MCP212X Developer’s Daughter Board

(MCP212XEV-DB)

Evaluates and demonstrates the MCP2122

or MCP2120 IrDA Standard Encoder/

Decoder devices. A header allows the

MCP212X daughter board to be easily

jumpered into systems for development

purposes. This board also interfaces with the PICDEM HPC

Explorer, PICDEM FS USB and PICDEM LCD demo boards.

MCP215X/40 Developer’s Daughter Board

(MCP215X/40EV-DB)

This daughter board evaluates and demonstrates the

MCP2150, MCP2155 or the MCP2140 IrDA Standard

Protocol Handler with Encoder/Decoder devices. Headers

allow the MCP215X/40 Developer’s daughter board to be

easily jumpered into systems for development purposes.

This board also interfaces with the PICDEM HPC Explorer,

PICDEM FS USB and PICDEM LCD demo boards.

Operational Ampliﬁ ers

MCP6V01 Thermocouple Auto-Zeroed Reference

Design Board (MCP6V01RD-TCPL)

The MCP6V01 design board

demonstrates how to use a difference

amplifier system to measure

Electromotive Force (EMF) voltage at the

cold junction of thermocouple in order

to accurately measure temperature of the thermocouple

bead. This can be done by using the MCP6V01 auto-

zeroed op amp because of its ultra low offset Voltage (VOS)

and high Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR).

Analog Development Tools

MCP651 Input Offset Evaluation Board (MCP651EV-VOS)

This evaluation board provides a simple means to measure the

boards op amp input offset voltage under a variety of operating

conditions. The measured input offset voltage (VOST) includes

the input offset voltage specified in the data sheet (VOS) plus

changes due to: power supply voltage (PSRR), common mode

voltage (CMRR), output voltage (AOL), input offset voltage drift

over temperature (ΔVOS/ΔTA) and 1/f noise.

MCP6V01 Input Offset Demo Board (MCP6V01DM-VOS)

This demo board provides a simple means to measure the

MCP6V01/2/3 op amps input offset voltage under a variety

of bias conditions. This VOS includes the speciﬁ ed input offset

voltage value found in the data sheet plus changes due to

power supply voltage, common mode voltage, output voltage

and temperature.

Power Management

MCP1640 Synchronous Boost Converter Evaluation

Board (MCP1640EV-SBC)

This board uses the MCP1640 in a high-efficiency

(up to 96%), fixed frequency (500 MHz), step-up

DC-DC converter. It demonstrates a minimum

number of external component power supply

solutions for applications powered by alkaline,

NiCd/NiMH or one-cell Li-Ion or Li-Polymer batteries.

MCP1630 Boost Mode LED Driver Demo Board

(MCP1630DM-LED2)

This demo board is a step-up, switch-mode, DC-DC converter

used for power LED applications. The demo board provides

a 350 mA or 700 mA constant current source with a jumper

selection. The input operating voltage range is 9-16V DC and

the board can supply up to 30W to a string of power LEDs.

MCP1631HV Multi-Chemistry Battery Charger

Reference Design (MCP1631RD-MCC2)

This reference design board is used to charge one to ﬁ ve NiMH

or NiCd batteries, charge one or two cell Li-Ion batteries, or

drive one or two 1W LEDs. The board uses the MCP1631HV

high speed analog PWM and PIC16F833 to generate the charge

algorithm for NiMH, NiCd or Li-Ion batteries.

Thermal Management

TC1047A Temp-to-Voltage Converter PICtail™

Demo Board (TC1047ADM-PICTL)

This board demonstrates how to interface the

TC1047A device to a MCU. Connects directly to

the PICkit 3 Starter Kit, providing a platform for

code development and evaluation. Demonstrates

a good example of how to integrate an analog

temperature sensor into a system.

MCP9700 Thermistor Demo Board (MCP9700DM-TH1)

This demo board contains analog circuitry to measure

temperature. The board uses BC Components’ 232264055103

NTC thermistor to convert temperature to resistance. The

thermistor is placed in a voltage divider which converts

resistance to voltage. This voltage is filtered and placed at the

MCP6S22 Programmable Gain Amplifier’s (PGA) CH0 input. The

PGA gains and buffers the thermistor.

This

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