Explorer 16
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The Explorer 16 Development Board is a low-cost modular development system for Microchip's 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. It supports devices from the PIC24F, dsPIC, and PIC32 families. A variety of families are supported with processor Plug-In Modules (PIMs) for easy device swapping. The board includes a PICtail™ Plus daughter card connector for expansion boards including USB, CAN, Ethernet, wireless, graphics and many more. This board comes with two interchangeable 100-pin PIMs supporting the PIC24FJ128GA010 and dsPIC33FJ256GP710 families or with two interchangeable 44-pin PIMs supporting the PIC24FJ64GA004 and dsPIC33FJ32GP204 families. All supporting documentation and software can be found by visiting the Explorer 16 Development Board page.

Product Features

  • 100-pin PIM header, supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit compatible 100-pin PIMs.
  • Breakout area on the board that brings out the PIM pins to allow a variety of configurations for development or debugging.
  • A power switch that allows either 3.3 v or 5 v supply for the MCU on the PIM.
  • Four Mikrobus™ sockets to support hundreds of MikroElectronika Click™ add-on boards to allow a variety of CAN, CAN-FD, or LIN network configurations.
  • Multiple input clock options.
  • Edge connector for PICtail™ Plus card compatibility.
  • Standard 6-wire In-Circuit Debugger (ICD) connector for MPLAB ICD programmer/debugger module.
  • Allows direct 7-30 V input DC power to provide regulated +3.3 V and +5 V output to the entire board.
  • User interface options include analog potentiometer and physical switches.
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Note that this board DOES NOT come with any PIMs or power supply. The user will need to purchase these separately as needed.

With 100-pin PIM

 
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With 44-pin PIM

 
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Features

  • Includes processor PIMs for both PIC24 and dsPIC families
  • Alpha-numeric 16 x 2 LCD display
  • Interfaces to MPLAB ICD 3, MPLAB REAL ICE and RS-232
  • Includes Microchip's TC1047A high accuracy, analog output temperature sensor
  • Expansion connector to access full devices pin-out and bread board prototyping area
  • PICTailTM Plus connector for expansion boards

PICtail™ Plus Add-on Boards

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