User Manual

P A G E 6
mikromedia 7 CAPACITIVE U S E R M A N U A L
MCU CARD
1. MCU card
mikromedia 7 development board offers support for various
MCU architectures, mounted on a standardized MCU Card (1).
MCU Card contains two 168-pin mezzanine connectors (2)
that allow interfacing with the development board: one male
and one female. Likewise, the mikromedia 7 development
board is equipped with a pair of complementary connectors
(3), eliminating any possibility of the incorrect orientation,
allowing MCU Card to be installed very easily.
Besides these two 168-pin mezzanine connectors, MCU Card
may also contain multiplexing circuits, Ethernet PHY ICs,
CAN transceivers and connectors, crystal oscillators, clock
generators, and other electronic components necessary
for the proper operation of the MCU. This makes each MCU
Card a self-contained unit, allowing the development board
to operate on a logic level, not having to facilitate specific
requirements of many different MCUs.
This also allows the MCU to be freely chosen, not having to
worry about its pin count, compatibility, and similar issues.
Most importantly, it makes swapping between different MCUs
during the development phase very simple, without any
additional hardware interventions required.
N O T EMCU Card must be installed prior to using the mikromedia 7
development board. More information about MCU Cards can be
found at the www.mikroe.com/development-boards/mcu-cards