Microchip: DM240315-2 Remote Control Demo Board

atomar — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:18:34 GMT

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Kit Overview

The RF based Remote Controls are becoming more prevalent as they enable non line-of-sight and provide bi-directional communication. A high-end remote control typically has a graphics display, a number of keys and a radio to communicate with the target devices.

The Microchip’s Remote Control Demo Board (DM240315-2DM240315-2) integrates Graphics, mTouch, USB and RF4CE into a single demo. The board demonstrates a remote populated with PIC24FJ256DA210PIC24FJ256DA210 MCU, 3.5" Graphical TFT LCD with resistive touch screen, capacitive touch keys with plastic overlay, MRF24J40MRF24J40 2.4 GHz transceiver and ZENATM wireless Adapter.

The Microchip's Remote Control Demo Board(DM240315-2DM240315-2) is preprogrammed with the complete firmware to demonstrate all remote control commands. In order to explore this software and the interface between the controller and the target of the ZENA Wireless Adapter, you will need to install software and pair the remote to the target. This section describes the basic features of the hardware included, and provides instructions for how to pair the Remote Control Demo Board and the ZENA Wireless Adapter.

Hardware

The Remote Control Demo Board(DM240315-2DM240315-2) has a 3.5” QVGA display with a resistive touch screen in portrait mode, 11 mTouch Solution Capacitive Touch keys, five-way joy stick and a MRF24J40MAMRF24J40MA transceiver. A PIC24FJ256DA210PIC24FJ256DA210 controls these features.

Benefits of the Demonstration

Combines graphics, mTouch, USB and RF4CE
High system integration with PIC24 “DA” family
Simple hardware layout
Integrated software libraries
Schematics, BOM and source code

Key Applications: Consumer Electronics

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Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
IDE	Microchip	MPLAB IDE	PIC/dsPIC	MPLAB IDE for all Microchip platforms. Learn More
RTOS	Micrium	uC/OS III	PIC24, dsPIC33, PIC32 (MIPS)	μC/OS-III is Micrium’s newest RTOS, designed for developers who need to save time on their current and next embedded sytem projects. Using a commercial real-time kernel such as μC/OS-III provides a solid foundation and framework to the design engineer dealing with the growing complexity of embedded designs. Learn More
RTOS	Segger	embOS	PIC18/PIC24F/PIC24H	SEGGER embOS (Real Time Operating System) follows strict, yet efficient coding and documentation standards. embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. Learn More

Tool Type

Supplier

MPN

Supported Family

Description

IDE

Microchip

MPLAB IDE

PIC/dsPIC

MPLAB IDE for all Microchip platforms. Learn More

RTOS

Micrium

uC/OS III

PIC24, dsPIC33, PIC32 (MIPS)

μC/OS-III is Micrium’s newest RTOS, designed for developers who need to save time on their current and next embedded sytem projects. Using a commercial real-time kernel such as μC/OS-III provides a solid foundation and framework to the design engineer dealing with the growing complexity of embedded designs. Learn More

RTOS

Segger

embOS

PIC18/PIC24F/PIC24H

SEGGER embOS (Real Time Operating System) follows strict, yet efficient coding and documentation standards. embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Microchip	DV244005DV244005	PIC/dsPIC	MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit-Emulator
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Microchip	DV164035DV164035	PIC/dsPIC	MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit-Debugger
Debuggers, Emulators & JTAG Tools	Microchip	PG164130PG164130	PIC/dsPIC	MPLAB PICkit 3 Debugger Programmer

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Microchip: User Guide for DM240315-2 Demonstration Board
User Guide	Microchip: Reference Guide for DM240315-2
Product Brief	Microchip: Product Brief for DM240315-2 Demonstration Board
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Developing Embedded Graphics Applications using PIC Microcontrollers with Integrated Graphics Controller
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Implementing File I/O Functions Using Microchip’s Memory Disk Drive File System Library
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Generic Client Driver for a USB Embedded Host
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for USB Human Interface Device Class on an Embedded Host
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Implementing a Mass Storage Device Using the Microchip USB Device Firmware Framework
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Communication Device Class (CDC) Host
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for Microchip CTMU for Capacitive Touch Applications
Application Note	Microchip: Application Note for mTouch™ Conducted Noise Immunity Techniques for the CTMU

Design Elements

Type	Description

Video

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Kit Features

Low Cost Graphics – PIC24FJ256DA210PIC24FJ256DA210
- Process and render graphics without utilizing MCU MIPS
- Graphics processing units for hardware acceleration
- Color lookup table enables 16-bit color depth with less RAM usage
- Cost savings using internal 96 KB RAM for frame buffer
- Integrated USB Connectivity and mTouch sensing
- PIC24F running software libraries for graphics, mTouch, USB and RF4CE
Stylish and Modern User Interface
- Colorful 3.5” QVGA graphical display
- Resistive touch screen and mTouch keys
mTouch™ Sensing
- Analog resistive touch screen for on-screen menus
- Capacitive touch keys with plastic overlay using Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) on MCU
- Touch controller algorithm integrated into main MCU
Wireless RF4CE – MRF24J40MRF24J40
- 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio transceiver
- RF4CE is standardized specification for RF based remote controls
- No need for line of site requirement
- Easy pairing with the target device
- Bi-directional secure link with AES-128 encryption
- Long battery life
ZENA™ Wireless Adapter
- Multi-function Universal Serial Bus (USB) wireless adapter
- Connects the computer as an RF target node to the network
- Functions can be programmed into the adapter using the USB boot loader
- Firmware applications can be updated from Wireless Development Studio, Wireless Remote Control Utility and other supported applications
Wireless Remote Control Utility (WRCU)
- Runs on target computer
- Used for pairing remote to ZENA Adapter
- Acknowledges button presses from graphics touch screen and mTouch keys to verify RF communication

Kit Contents

The Microchip's DM240315-2DM240315-2 Remote Control Demo Board is supplied with the below contents:

Remote Control Demo Board
- The Remote Control Demo board offers the complete software and hardware including
- Bill of Materials
- Schematics
- Reference Code
ZENA wireless adapter 2.4 GHz with MRF24J40MRF24J40

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