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Hi,

It is possible to program the application CPU from the Explorer16 with the onboard PIC18LF4550-I/ML.PIC18LF4550-I/ML. BUT...it comes from the factory without software in it.

If you know anybody who has a programming tool for PICs, you will need to ask him to program the software which has been developed by the PIC community for the PIC18LF4550-I/ML.PIC18LF4550-I/ML..

You can find the software and the procedure in the Microchip forums :   firmware for Explorer 16, PIC18F4550 (U2) unofficial

Otherwise you'll need a Pickit2 or Pickit3.

regards

Hi mike

I was wondering if this explorer board below is similar

http://sg.element14.com/microchip/dm240001/kit-picdem-pic24-dspic33-explorer/dp/1146554

http://sg.element14.com/microchip/dm240002/kit-dev-explorer-16-44-pin-board/dp/1754668

Thanks

regards

calvin

hi i want to know if SW300040-EVAL

and SW300060-EVAL is working on dspic33

on cd it is written dspic30 ??? but i cant find any thing relative to dspic33

Mike,

I am a software engineer who is trying to use a Microchip Ethernet Starter Kit as the basis for a UDP controlled remote test set application My   and I/O expansion board are on order and I have downloaded the MPLAB tools and the TCP/IP stack and examples Since my application is looking to only do very simple UDP type transactions the bulk of the examples are very complicated compared to my intended use Do you know of any relatively simple example code sets for the  DM320004DM320004 that are doing just some UDP based data transactions over a local area network

Thanks bunches,

Mike L.

DigitalGlobe, Inc.

Longmont, CO

USA

Hi Calvin,

The links you've given are in fact 2 slightly different products.

Both of these products include the same board (EXPLORER16) but the processor modules which are bundled are different.

One product includes 2 x 16 bits (100 pin products) and the other include 1 or 2 x 16 bits (44 pin products).

I recommend you the first one if you need lots of I/Os.

You can buy at anytime additional processor modules called "PIMS" to use up to 30 different processors including PIC32 ;=)

Additionally you can add PICTAIL plus expansion boards to EXPLORER16 to add connectivity (USB, WiFi, ethernet, CAN, AUDIO,...)

regards

Hi Mikey,

You're right, most of the projects in the Microchip Application Libraries are like full  blown applications using upper level TCP/IP APIs.

If you only need to use lower level ones, I believe there is an exemple how to perform TCP & UDP tests to measure TCP/IP performance.

This exemple is documented in the TCP/IP API documentation  (after installing the libraries) which you'll find here :

c:\Microchip Solutions v2010-10-19\Microchip\Help\TCPIP Stack Help.chm               and search for Stack performance.

There is an excellent forum dedicated to Microchip TCP/IP solutions where the community is very active and helpful.

regards

Hi Mike,

     I am a student of the national program, Project Lead the Way. I am in the Engineering Design and Development section of the four years I have been in PLTW. We are trying to design and build an invention. We have encountered a roadblock that we hope you will be able to help us with. We have someone developing our program, but none of us have any knowledge of PCB assembly and what to use for our invention, can you please help us? Contact me at pltw.ldumont@actcstudents.org if you can.

Best Regards,

Logan DuMont

Hi Mike,

I've recently bought from Olimex the following :

• PIC-WEB development board which comes with an integrated Microchip TCP/IP Stack.
• PIC-MCP-USB programmer, MPLAB compatible and recognized as Picstart+.

The problem is that there are 2 versions of PIC-WEB board : PIC-WEB REV.A which contains PIC18F452 microcontroller and PIC-WEB REV.B which contains PIC18F67J60-I/PTPIC18F67J60-I/PT and that the programmer I bought is compatible only with PIC18F452 (although that wasn't mentioned on the site).

I've received PIC-WEB REV.B board so I cannot programm my pic using PIC-MCP-USB.

My question is if PIC-WEB REV.A still exists on the market and if there is any chance I can purchase it from Farnell?

Thank you very much,

Miruna

Mike,I can't find a commercially available gateway to receive DMX-512 Data and read it with a PLC via an industrial protocol such as canopen, Modbus/tcp, ethernet/IP, device net etc.

Can you recommend a possible  PIC solution we can develop. Regards, Bob

Hello Nicole/Mike

This is about finding links to recommendations for protecting the Microchip MCU programming pins against static. Traditionally these are unprotected but only accessible to service personnel, but we plan to allow general users to re-program our machines, so what extra ESD protection should we apply on the circuit board?

These pins must be already quite rugged because millions of users have abused them over the years and so there might not be any concerns?

I have searched the Microchip website resources and several user manuals and app notes. The ICD2 manual warns against adding excess capacitance or series resistance which makes sense but gives no detail.

For such an established part of the system I expected to find a Microchip app-note with a recommended network , but no luck so far.

I presume information on ruggedizing the ICD interface would be useful to all industrial MCU users?

My next step would normally be to analyse the frequencies and drive capabilities of the PGC/PGD signals etc and then design protection networks using the appropriate EMI/ESD standards as a guide. We don't plan to zap the pins directly all the time but this could easily happen in a dry, high-static environment.

It might be simplest just to pass each signals across a SIDAC-type device. 

Thanks in advance

Simon A