LCD Explorer Development Board
The LCD Explorer Development Board (DM240314) supports Microchip’s 100-pin Microcontrollers with x8 common Segment LCD Drivers. The LCD Explorer provides an ideal platform for a customer to evaluate a MCU with a x8 Common LCD Driver on a 38 segment x 8 common LCD display. PICtail Plus connections allow a customer to evaluate the selected MCU in a complex system by adding Microchip’s PICtail Plus daughter boards.
This board helps in evaluating PIC24F and PIC18F LCD devices. The board comes with a PIC24FJ128GA310 PIM and has a PICtail™ Plus connector to showcase the PICtail™ Plus with the LCD microcontroller. Future devices with the 8-Common and 1/3 biasing will be supported on this demonstration board.
PIC24FJ128GA310 PIC24F 16-bit Microcontroller featuring nanoWatt XLP for eXtreme Low Power consumption. The device includes advanced low power features including a Low Voltage Sleep mode that maintains the device state and RAM with a typical current of 340 nA, and a Vbat pin that automatically transitions to the RTCC to a battery supply when Vdd is removed. The family is also includes a 480 segment LCD Driver with 60 segment x 8 common drive capability.
Key Applications: Battery powered and General purpose applications
Features
- Eight Common LCD glass
- Supports 1/3 biasing with:
- External resistor ladder
- Internal resistor ladder
- Charge pump biasing with capacitor
- Supports software as well as hardware contrast control
- Hardware RTCC support
- VBAT operation during VDD loss, RTCC can run on VBAT without VDD
- Analog pot to display the A/D capability
- Temperature sensor to display temperature using A/D
- PICtail Plus expansion connector for easy system evaluation with the PICtail Plus daughter cards
- CTMU switch to showcase touch sensing
- Four switches implemented for software demonstration
- Three ways to power the board:
- Using the 9V power supply
- Through a USB connector
- Using two AAA batteries (not recommended for PICtail Plus)
- Connector for V BAT current measurement
Ships With
- LCD Explorer Development Board