The DM182015-2 8-bit Wireless Development Kit – 868 MHz MRF89XA is an easy-to-use evaluation and development platform for Sub-GHz application designers. This kit includes Microchip’s MRF89XAM8A transceiver module and also features Microchip’s PIC18 XLP microcontroller family. The kit includes complete hardware needed to rapidly prototype wireless applications. The demonstration kit is pre-programmed with the MiWi™ protocol stack.

The PIC18 demonstration board is equipped with a 28-pin PICtail™ connector to interface with Microchip's wireless transceiver PICtail daughter boards such as MRF24J40MA, MRF89XAM8A and MRF49XA. Developers can reprogram or modify the PIC18 MCU Flash memory and develop/debug application code all on the same platform.

Note: This kit is not intended for ZigBee® development.

The PIC18F46J50 is a low power and high performance 8-bit MCU with integrated full-speed USB 2.0 and peripheral flexibility comes in a small package for cost sensitive applications in the PIC18 J-series. New features include Deep sleep mode for low power applications, Peripheral Pin Select for design flexibility for mapping peripherals to I/O pins and a CTMU module for easy capacitive touch user interfaces. 

MRF89XAM8A is an 868 MHz radio transceiver module which conforms to European ETSI standard. The MRF89XAM8A has an integrated PCB antenna, matching circuitry, and supports Microchip's proprietary protocol MiWi™ Development Environment. The MRF89XAM8A Module connects to hundreds of PIC® microcontrollers via a 4-wire SPI interface

Applications: Wireless