User manual

PICDEM
TM
Mechatronics Demo Board User’s Guide
DS51557C-page 10 © 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
1.4 PICDEM™ MECHATRONICS DEVELOPMENT KIT CONTENTS
The PICDEM™ Mechatronics Development Kit contains the following items:
1. The PICDEM™ Mechatronics Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with motors
2. Pre-programmed PIC16F917 PICmicro
®
device
3. 10 wire jumpers
4. 8 2-pin shunts
5. CD-ROM including:
PICDEM™ Mechatronics User’s Guide
Workshop-in-a-Box presentation for training students on the board
(speaker notes included)
Data sheets for the PIC16F91X, PIC16F631/677/685/687/689/690
and motors
Application notes and other technical documentation
6. Sample kit including a PIC16F690 and PIC12F509 device
7. Microchip screwdriver
8. Registration Card
1.5 PICDEM™ MECHATRONICS LAYOUT
The PICDEM™ Mechatronics is shown in Figure 1-2.
A PIC16F917 microcontroller is populated in the 40-pin socket, in which 22 out of the
36 available I/O pins are dedicated connections to several components on the board.
The remaining 14 pins are available for the user to connect to the other components on
the board, using the provided jumper wires. The dedicated connections connect to the
following components:
Switch 1 – 1 pin: MCLR
LCD – 17 pins: VLCD1, VLCD2, VLCD3, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, SEG0,
SEG1, SEG2, SEG3, SEG6, SEG11, SEG16, SEG21, SEG22, SEG23
In-Circuit Serial Programming™ Connector – ICSPDAT, ICSPCLK, MCLR
RS-232 COM port – 2 pins: RX, TX
A 20-pin socket is provided and is compatible with 8/14/20-pin Flash-based
microcontrollers. A PIC16F690 microcontroller is provided to use in the 20-pin socket,
in which 5 out of the 18 available I/O pins are dedicated connections to several
components on the board. The remaining 13 pins are available for the user to connect
to the other components on the board using the provided jumper wires. The dedicated
connections connect to the following components:
Switch 1 – 1 pin: MCLR
In-Circuit Serial Programming (ICSP™) Connector – ICSPDAT, ICSPCLK, MCLR
RS-232 COM port: RX, TX
Dedicated pins are indicated by a white box enclosing the pin designation next to each
socket. Pay close attention to this designation, as the functionality of the dedicated pins
are affected by the circuitry these pins are connected to. It is recommended that you
use only the pins not designated as dedicated connections in your design.
The remaining components on the board must be connected to the microcontroller
using the provided wire jumpers. The jumpers connect between the headers on either
side of the microcontroller and the header pins next to the respective components on
the board. The components on the board are labeled in Figure 1-2.
Note: Only one microcontroller should be loaded into the board at any given time.