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Introducing the Explorer 16 Development Board
1.4
EXPLORER 16 DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNCTIONALITY AND FEATURES
A layout of the Explorer 16 Development Board is shown in Figure 1-1. The board
includes these key features, as indicated in the diagram:
1. 100-pin PIM riser, compatible with the PIM versions of all Microchip
2. Direct 9 VDC power input that provides +3.3V and +5V (regulated) to the entire
3. Power indicator LED
4. RS-232 serial port and associated hardware
5. On-board analog thermal sensor
6. USB connectivity for communications and device programming/debugging
7. Standard 6-wire In-Circuit Debugger (ICD) connector for connections to an
8. Hardware selection of PIM or soldered on-board microcontroller
9. 2-line by 16-character LCD
10. Provisioning on PCB for add on graphic LCD
11. Push button switches for device Reset and user-defined inputs
12. Potentiometer for analog input
13. Eight indicator LEDs
14. 74HCT4053 multiplexers for selectable crossover configuration on serial com-
15. Serial EEPROM
16. Independent crystals for precision microcontroller clocking (8 MHz) and RTCC
17. Prototype area for developing custom applications
18. Socket and edge connector for PICtail™ Plus card compatibility
19. Six-pin interface for PICkit 2 Programmer
20. JTAG connector pad for optional boundary scan functionality
For additional details on these features, refer to Chapter 4. "Explorer 16 Development
Hardware".
1.4.1
Each Explorer 16 Development Board Kit contains two preprogrammed 16-bit devices:
a PIC24FJ128GA010 and a dsPIC33FJ256GP710. These are provided as 100-pin
PIMs on riser sockets, which can be quickly installed on pin header U1A and
exchanged as needed.
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PIC24F/24H/dsPIC33F devices
board
MPLAB ICD 2 programmer/debugger module
(in future versions)
munication lines
operation (32.768 kHz)
Sample Devices Included with the Development Kit
Note:
As Microchip's 16-bit portfolio develops, alternate devices may be included
with the Explorer 16 Development Board Kit. It is anticipated that one
device each of the PIC24 and dsPIC33F families will always be included.
Also in the future, the included PIC24 device will be soldered onto the board
and only the dsPIC33F device will be provided as a PIM.
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