User manual

8-BIT WIRELESS
DEVELOPMENT KIT
USERS GUIDE
© 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc. Preliminary DS70654B-page 9
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces the 8-Bit Wireless Development Kit features and its
requirements.
The topics discussed in this chapter include:
8-Bit Wireless Development Kit Contents
Wireless Daughter Boards
8-Bit Wireless Development Kit
1.2 8-BIT WIRELESS DEVELOPMENT KIT CONTENTS
The 8-Bit Wireless Development Kit contains the following items:
Two PIC18 Wireless Development Boards with PIC18F46J50 XLP Microcontroller
Two PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Boards (See Table 1-1)
•Two LCD Serial Accessory Boards
Two RS232 Serial Accessory Boards
Two USB A to Mini-B 1 meter Cables
Two RS232 Serial Cables
1.3 WIRELESS DAUGHTER BOARDS
The 8-Bit Wireless Development Kit, includes either MRF24J40MA 2.4 GHz IEEE
802.15.4 complaint PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Boards or MRF89XAM8A 868 MHz
PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Boards or MRF89XAM9A 915 MHz PICtail/PICtail Plus
Daughter Boards. The PIC18 Wireless Development Board is compatible with many
other wireless PICtail daughter Boards.
Table 1-1 lists the part number of the wireless
PICtail daughter boards that are compatible with the PIC18 Wireless Development
Board.
TABLE 1-1: COMPATIBLE PICtail™ DAUGHTER BOARDS
Description Part Number
MRF24J40MA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164134-1
MRF24J40MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164134-2
MRF24J40MC Pictail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164134-3
MRF49XA PICtail Plus Daughter Board (433.92 MHz) AC164137-1
MRF49XA PICtail Plus Daughter Board (868/915 MHz) AC164137-2
MRF89XAM8A PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board (868 MHz) AC164138-1
MRF89XAM9A PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board (915 MHz) AC164138-2