Datasheet

PICDEM
™
MC LV Demonstration Board
Summary
The PICDEM
™
MC LV Development Board is a development
and evaluation tool that provides designers a quick
and cost-effective method to evaluate both sensored
and sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor control
applications. Users can create embedded motor
control applications using Microchip’s 28-pin, PIC18F
microcontrollers and dsPIC30F Digital Signal Controllers.
Supported devices are provided in the table below.
Two pre-programmed, Flash-based samples are provided in
the kit including PIC18F2431 and dsPIC30F3010 devices.
The board is also populated with an ICD connector for the
MPLAB
®
ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger and an RS-232 port
for external communication, LED indicators, push button
switches, speed control potentiometer and motor sensor
inputs.
Finally, users can develop their application with a simple
graphical interface, known as the Motor Control Graphical
User Interface (MC-GUI). The MC-GUI provides a quick
and easy way for designers to configure and monitor their
motor system parameters such as motor control type,
motor speed, rotational direction, current, voltage and fault
status.
Supported Devices Packages
PIC18F2331 28-pin SPDIP
PIC18F2431 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F2010 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F3010 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F4012 28-pin SPDIP
Features
Key features of the PICDEM MC LV Development Kit
include:
• Supports PIC18F and dsPIC
®
28-pin motor control
devices
• Capable of driving motors up to 48V, 2.2 Amps
• Motor terminal strip
• 3-phase voltage source inverter bridge
• Over-current protection, level programmable using
potentiometer
• Temperature sensor with I
2
C
™
interface
• Push button switches and master reset
• Test points for motor current and back EMF sensing
• Speed control potentiometer
• Active RS-232 connector
• MPLAB ICD 2 connector
• FREE! Motor Control GUI software
• 3-phase, 24V BLDC motor (optional)
Part Number : AC300020
• 24V external power supply (optional)
Part Number : AC002013
Development Systems