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PIC40 - Prototyping Kit for 40 pin Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

Examples:- 16F877, 18F452, 18F4520 & 18F4550 etc.

PIC18F4550 (USB) available on our components page.

With regard to the 18F4550, the kit allows easy prototyping of this USB part too.

Everything shown in the picture to the right is included in the kit except the PIC micro.

The PCB is a high quality Gold Plated double sided PTH (plated through hole) 1.6mm FR4 (Fiberglass) board 89 x 80mm in size. It incorporates a large prototyping area with pads on both sides of the board.

The 5V power supply for the PIC can be selected to be from the on-board 5V regulator, the Microchip ICD2 or USB, the +5V and 0V power rails are extended along the top & bottom edges of the board for easy access.

 Gold Plated PCB

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The complete kit of parts costs £14.99


An onboard RS232 level converter buffers the PIC UART to/from the 9 pin D connector, which is tracked for connection to a PC serial port.  The RTS & CTS lines are also buffered and brought to CN9. The RS232 interface can be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6.

The USB socket can also be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6, this would be useful if using a non USB PIC, but powering from a USB cable.

A 5 pin programming header is also provided to allow in-circuit programming from other programmers e.g. the MELABS serial or USB programmers.  Microchip Pickit2 programmers can be connected via the ICD2 connector using an adaptor cable (Microchip part number AC164110) or a home made version.

The 470nf USB decoupling capacitor can be disconnected from the PIC using CN7.

The crystal supplied can be 4MHz or 10MHz if specified when ordering, otherwise 4MHz will be supplied. We use 4MHz for USB with the 18F4550. The 4MHz crystal is multiplied to 96MHz inside the PIC and then divided to 48MHz for the USB peripheral and microcontroller core clocks. Many other crystal and divider combinations are possible, please see the PIC data sheet.

In addition there is a connector for a standard LCD display together with a contrast variable resistor, the display is tracked to the lower nibble of Port D, R/W is grounded for write only, and the RS and E signals are left uncommitted and available on pads for connection to any port pin. An LCD display and cable are available on our components page.

 

Gold Plated PCB

The PCB alone can be ordered on the components page. 

All port pins are made available to the left of the microcontroller for easy access.

A pdf circuit diagram may be viewed here.

and a component list may be viewed here.

 

PIC28 - Prototyping Kit for 28 pin Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

Examples:- 16F876, 18F252, 18F2520 & 18F2550 etc.

PIC18F2550 (USB) available on our components page.

With regard to the 18F2550, the kit allows easy prototyping of this USB part too.

Everything shown in the picture to the right is included in the kit except the PIC micro.

The PCB is a high quality Gold Plated double sided PTH (plated through hole) 1.6mm FR4 (Fiberglass) board 76 x 65mm in size. It incorporates a large prototyping area with pads on both sides of the board.

The 5V power supply for the PIC can be selected to be from the on-board 5V regulator, the Microchip ICD2 or USB, the +5V and 0V power rails are extended along the top & bottom edges of the board for easy access.

 Now with Gold Plated PCB

The complete kit of parts costs £13.49


An onboard RS232 level converter buffers the PIC UART to/from the 9 pin D connector, which is tracked for connection to a PC serial port.  The RTS & CTS lines are also buffered and brought to CN9. The RS232 interface can be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6.

The USB socket can also be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6, this would be useful if using a non USB PIC, but powering from a USB cable.

A 5 pin programming header is also provided to allow in-circuit programming from other programmers e.g. the MELABS serial or USB programmers.

Microchip Pickit2 programmers can be connected via the ICD2 connector using an adaptor cable (Microchip part number AC164110) or a home made version.

The 470nf USB decoupling capacitor can be disconneted from the PIC using CN7.

The crystal supplied can be 4MHz or 10MHz if specified when ordering, otherwise 4MHz will be supplied. We use 4MHz for USB with the 18F2550. The 4MHz crystal is multiplied to 96MHz inside the PIC and then divided to 48MHz for the USB peripheral and microcontroller core clocks. Many other crystal and divider combinations are possible, please see the PIC data sheet.

 Now with Gold Plated PCB

The PCB alone can be ordered on the components page. 

All port pins are made available to the left of the microcontroller for easy access.

A pdf circuit diagram may be viewed here.

and a component list may be viewed here.


 
PIC18 - Prototyping Kit for 18 pin Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

Examples:- 16F627(A), 16F628(A) 16F84 etc. etc.

PIC16F627A available on our components page.

Everything shown in the picture to the right is included in the kit except the PIC micro.  The crystal supplied can be 10MHz if specified when ordering, otherwise 4MHz is supplied.

The PCB is a high quality Gold Plated double sided PTH (plated through hole) 1.6mm FR4 (Fiberglass) board 78.5 x 54.5mm in size. It incorporates a large prototyping area with pads on both sides of the board.

The 5V power supply for the PIC can be selected to be from the on-board 5V regulator, or the Microchip ICD2, the +5V and 0V power rails are extended along the top & bottom edges of the board for easy access.

 Now with Gold Plated PCB


 

The complete kit of parts costs £10.49

An onboard RS232 level converter buffers the PIC UART to/from the 9 pin D connector, which is tracked for connection to a PC serial port.  The RTS & CTS lines are also buffered and brought to CN7.

A 5 pin programming header is also provided to allow in-circuit programming from other programmers e.g. the MELABS serial or USB programmers.

Microchip Pickit2 programmers can be connected via the ICD2 connector using an adaptor cable (Microchip part number AC164110) or a home made version. 
 

 

 

 

 Now with Gold Plated PCB


 

The PCB alone can be ordered on the components page. 

All port pins are made available to the left of the microcontroller for easy access.

A pdf circuit diagram may be viewed here.

and a component list may be viewed here.

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