Tech First Kit-Microchip-DM183034-EVK

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Overview
Kit Contents
Key Features
Ordering Information
Documents

Overview

As embedded microcontrollers reach into all corners of modern life, many applications can benefit from coin-cell battery power. Some benefits are reduced product size and cost, enhanced design simplicity, portability, and electrical isolation. Microchip Technology, the number one supplier of 8-bit microcontrollers in the world, is using their nanoWatt Technology features to achieve these benefits.

The Qwik&Low Board is a companion board for the book entitled Coin-Cell-Powered Embedded Design written by John B. Peatman, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The book explores how nanoWatt features impact the design process. It employs the Qwik&Low board as the learning vehicle for the reader.

Kit Contents

PIC18LF4321-I/PTPIC18LF4321-I/PT and a PIC18LF6390
8-character LCD
In-Circuit Serial Porgramming
Debugging interface

Key Features

It uses peripherals whose current draw can be reduced to zero (either under control of the PIC18LF4321-I/PTPIC18LF4321-I/PT MCU or by opening a switch or jumper) to monitor the MCU current.
It uses an eight-character LCD having a PIC18LF6390 chip as its controller, to reduce the LCD-plus-LCD-controller current draw to 5uA.
It includes a prototype area to allow the use of additional peripheral devices.
The PIC18LF4321-I/PTPIC18LF4321-I/PT can be programmed with Microchip’s low-cost ($35) PICkit 2 programmer shown probing the Qwik&Low board in Figure 2-11.
Alternatively, the PIC18LF4321-I/PTPIC18LF4321-I/PT can be linked to a PC via either a $5 serial cable (for PCs having a DB-9 serial port) or a $10 USB-to-serial adapter. Then a free QwikBug utility (discussed in Chapter Three) running on the PC can download and run a C-compiled “hex” file on the PIC18LF4321-I/PTPIC18LF4321-I/PT. QwikBug supports debugging with breakpoint capability, single stepping, and variable watching and modifying. A window in QwikBug’s display can be written to by a user program to extend the display capability of the board beyond that of the eight-character LCD.

Ordering Information

Products

Supplier	Part Number
Microchip	DM183034DM183034

Associated Products

Supplier	Description	Support Device	Part Number
Microchip	PROGRAMMER, PICKIT 2	PICKIT	PG164120PG164120
Microchip	Development Tools - PICkit 2 Debug Express Programmer/Debugger	PICKIT 2	DV164121DV164121

Similar Products

Supplier	Description	Support Device	Part Number
Microchip	DEMO, PIC18F46J50 FS USB BOARD	PIC18F46J50	MA180024MA180024
Microchip	KIT, PICDEM HPC EXPLORER BOARD	PIC18F8722	DM183022DM183022
Microchip	PIC18F46J11 PIM Plug-in Modules	Stand-alone or w/ HPC(DM183022) or PIC18(DM183032)	MA180023MA180023
Microchip	KIT, DEMO BOARD, PICDEM PIC18	PIC18	DM183032DM183032
Microchip	DEV KIT, USB, W/ PICKIT 2	PIC18F14K50-I/MQPIC18F14K50-I/MQ, PIC18F13K50	DV164126DV164126
Microchip	MCU, 8-BIT, 8K FLASH, USB, DIP20	PIC18F13K50	PIC18F13K50-I/PPIC18F13K50-I/P
Microchip	ADAPTER, PROC EXT PAK, PIC18F1XK50	PIC18F13K50, PIC18F14K50-I/MQPIC18F14K50-I/MQ	AC244023AC244023
Microchip	USB PICtail Plus Daughter Board	Explorer 16	AC164131AC164131

Document List

Data Sheet

Part Number	Description	Size
PIC18F2XXXX	PIC18F2221/2321/4221/4321 Family Data Sheet	6.29MB
PIC18F6XXXX	PIC18F6390/6490/8390/8490 Data Sheet	6.70MB

Application Notes

File Name	Size
AN1066 - MiWi Wireless Networking Protocol Stack	634KB
AN1095 - AN1095, Emulating Data EEPROM for PIC18 and PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC DSCs	368KB
AN1204 - Microchip MiWi P2P Wireless Protocol	370KB
AN1229 - Class B Safety Software Library for PIC MCUs and dsPIC DSCs	398KB
AN1267 - nanoWatt & nanoWatt XLP(TM) Technologies: An Introduction to Microchip's Low Power devices	259KB
AN937 - Implementing a PID Controller Using a PIC18 MCU	266KB
AN953 - Data Encryption Routines for PIC18 Microcontrollers	355KB

Hardware & Software

File Name	Size
AN1229 Source Code	342KB
AN937 Source Code	10KB

Others Resources

File Name	Size
8-bit Microcontroller Product Selector Guide	2637KB
Solutions for Medical Applications	1.52MB
Microchip Application Libraries	76921KB

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