Microchip Technology MRF24XA PICtail User Manual

Microchip Technology MRF24XA PICtail User Manual

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MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus
Daughter Board
User's Guide
 2013 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS70005123A

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  • Page 1 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A...
  • Page 2 Total Endurance, TSHARC, UniWinDriver, WiperLock, ZENA and Z-Scale are trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. SQTP is a service mark of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. GestIC and ULPP are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Germany II GmbH &...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    A.1 Introduction ....................17 A.2 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Schematics ....17 A.3 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board PCB Layouts ....22 A.4 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Bill of Materials ....24 Index ..........................27 Worldwide Sales and Service ..................28 ...
  • Page 4 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES:  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 4...
  • Page 5: Preface

    Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files. INTRODUCTION This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide. Items discussed in this chapter include: •...
  • Page 6 This is a caution note. box, or when used in a table or figure, it is located at the Note 1: This is a note used in a bottom of the table or figure. table.  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 6...
  • Page 7 Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site. RECOMMENDED READING This user’s guide describes how to use the MRF24XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources.
  • Page 8 Technical support is available through our web site at: http://support.microchip.com DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY Revision A (June 2013) This is the initial released version of the document.  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 8...
  • Page 9: Chapter 1. Overview

    Figure 1-1. CAUTION Power to the MRF24XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board should be in the range of 1.5–3.6V. Ensure that the development or demonstration board that the MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is plugged into meets this voltage requirement; otherwise, damage to the MRF24XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board might occur.
  • Page 10 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide 1-1: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD IGURE • PICtail Plus Connector (J301) – 30-pin card edge connector for connecting to the 16-bit and 32-bit development boards’ PICtail plus connector. • PICtail Connector (J302) – 28-pin right angle connector to connect to the 8-bit development board PICtail connector.
  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Getting Started

    Explorer Development Board (DM183032). The PICtail Plus card-edge connector, J301, can be plugged into Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001). This chapter describes how the MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board can be plugged into the PIC18 Explorer and Explorer 16 Development Boards.
  • Page 12: Plugging Into The Explorer 16 Development Board

    FIGURE 2-1: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD PLUGGED INTO PIC18 EXPLORER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PLUGGING INTO THE EXPLORER 16 DEVELOPMENT BOARD The MRF24XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board can be plugged into the Explorer 16 Development Board as shown in Figure 2-2.
  • Page 13: Downloading And Running The Demo Program

    Getting Started FIGURE 2-2: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD PLUGGED INTO EXPLORER 16 DEVELOPMENT BOARD DOWNLOADING AND RUNNING THE DEMO PROGRAM A Quick Start Guide is included in the software installation package that explains the installation and operation of the demonstration program. Users can download Quick Start Guide from the Microchip web site www.microchip.com/miwi.
  • Page 14 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES:  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 16...
  • Page 15: Appendix A. Mrf24Xa Pictail™/Pictail Plus Daughter Board Schematics

    MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD USER’S GUIDE Appendix A. MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Schematics INTRODUCTION This appendix provides the MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board schematics, PCB layouts, and Bill of Materials (BOM). • MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Schematics •...
  • Page 16 FIGURE A-1: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD TOP LEVEL SCHEMATIC...
  • Page 17 FIGURE A-2: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONNECTOR PART SCHEMATIC...
  • Page 18 FIGURE A-3: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD RADIO PART SCHEMATIC...
  • Page 19 FIGURE A-4: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD RF BALUN PART SCHEMATIC...
  • Page 20: Mrf24Xa Pictail™/Pictail Plus Daughter Board Pcb Layouts

    MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD PCB LAYOUTS The MRF24XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a 2-layer, FR4, 0.062 inch, plated through hole PCB construction. Figure A-5 through Figure A-7 illustrate the PCB layers.
  • Page 21 Appendix A FIGURE A-7: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD COPPER (REAR VIEW)  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 23...
  • Page 22: Mrf24Xa Pictail™/Pictail Plus Daughter Board Bill Of Materials

    MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD BILL OF MATERIALS TABLE A-1: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD BILL OF MATERIALS Designator Quantity Description Footprint Value Manufacturer Manufacturer Part Number J302 CONN HEADER. 100 DUAL R/A PIN14X2_2.54MM_L S2141E-14-ND Sullins Connector Solutions PBC14DBDN 28POS...
  • Page 23 TABLE A-1: MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD BILL OF MATERIALS (CONTINUED) Designator Quantity Description Footprint Value Manufacturer Manufacturer Part Number R204 RES 20.0K OHM 1/10W 1% 0603 RES 0603 20k/1% Panasonic Electronic Components ERJ3EKF2002V C213 CAP CER 0.1UF 25V Y5V 0603...
  • Page 24 MRF24XA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide NOTES:  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 26...
  • Page 25: Index

    XLP Current Measurement Cable ......12 Low-Power 2.4 GHz ..........11 Microchip Internet Web Site ........8 Microchip web site ........... 11 MRF24XA ..............5 MRF24XA (IC200) ........... 12 MRF24XA transceiver ..........12  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 27...
  • Page 26: Worldwide Sales And Service

    Thailand - Bangkok Tel: 86-29-8833-7252 Tel: 66-2-694-1351 Toronto Fax: 86-29-8833-7256 Fax: 66-2-694-1350 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada China - Xiamen Tel: 905-673-0699 Tel: 86-592-2388138 Fax: 905-673-6509 Fax: 86-592-2388130 China - Zhuhai Tel: 86-756-3210040 11/29/12 Fax: 86-756-3210049  2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005123A-page 28...

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