C S Technology Ltd - Microchip PIC & Radio Communications

PIC28 - Prototyping Kit for 28 pin Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

Examples:- 16F876, 18F252, 18F2520 & 18F2550 etc.

With regard to the 18F2550, the kit allows easy prototyping of this USB part too.

Everything shown in the picture to the right is included in the kit except the PIC micro. The crystal supplied can be 4MHz or 10MHz if specified when ordering, otherwise 4MHz will be supplied. We use 4MHz for USB with the 18F2550.

The PCB is a high quality double sided PTH (plated through hole) 1.6mm FR4 (Fiberglass) board 76 x 65mm in size. It incorporates a large prototyping area with pads on both sides of the board.

The 5V power supply for the PIC can be selected to be from the on-board 5V regulator, the Microchip ICD2 or USB, both the +5V and 0V power rails are extended along the top & bottom edges of the board for easy access.

The complete kit of parts costs £11.91 + VAT (£13.99)
Outside of the EU no VAT will be charged

An onboard RS232 level converter buffers the PIC UART to/from the 9 pin D connector, which is tracked for connection to a PC serial port. The RTS & CTS lines are also buffered and brought to CN9. The RS232 interface can be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6.

The USB socket can also be disconnected from the PIC using jumper links in CN6, this would be useful if using a non USB PIC, but powering from a USB cable.

A 5 pin programming header is also provided to allow in-circuit programming from other programmers e.g. the MELABS serial or USB programmers.

The 470nf USB decoupling capacitor can be disconneted from the PIC using CN7.

The PCB alone can be ordered for £5.95 + VAT (£6.99) Outside of the EU no VAT will be charged

All port pins are made available to the left of the microcontroller for easy access.

A pdf circuit diagram may be viewed here.

and a component list may be viewed here.

The above are for the current Issue B version.

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PIC18 - Prototyping Kit for 18 pin Microchip PIC microcontrollers.

Examples:- 16F627(A), 16F628(A) 16F84 etc. etc.

Everything shown in the picture to the right is included in the kit except the PIC micro. The crystal supplied can be 10MHz if specified when ordering, otherwise 4MHz is supplied.

The PCB is a high quality double sided PTH (plated through hole) 1.6mm FR4 (Fiberglass) board 78.5 x 54.5mm in size. It incorporates a large prototyping area with pads on both sides of the board.

The 5V power supply for the PIC can be selected to be from the on-board 5V regulator, or the Microchip ICD2, both the +5V and 0V power rails are extended along the top & bottom edges of the board for easy access.

The complete kit of parts costs £8.50 + VAT (£9.99)
Outside of the EU no VAT will be charged

An onboard RS232 level converter buffers the PIC UART to/from the 9 pin D connector, which is tracked for connection to a PC serial port. The RTS & CTS lines are also buffered and brought to CN7.