Microchip | MA180021

The MA180021 is a USB Plug-In Module (PIM) Demonstration Board and Kit. It is designed as an easy-to-use evaluation platform for Full-Speed USB PIC18F87J50 family of microcontrollers.

This device fully support USB 2.0 full-speed and low-speed serial communications at signaling speeds of 12 Mbit/s or 1.5 Mbit/s. The demonstration kit provides all of the hardware and software needed to develop officially compliant USB communication solutions.

Features:

• 12 MHz miniature surface-mounted crystal
• 3.3 V low IQ LDO linear regulator
• 2 bright red miniature LEDs (attached to I/O pins, RE0 and RE1)
• MCLR push button for convenient device Reset
• General purpose push button (attached to I/O pin, RB4)
• ICSP programming and debug 6-pin header
• USB mini-B connector
• Jumpers for added configurability (JP1, JP4, JP5)
• Test points for convenient VDD, VDDCORE and GND measurements

Kit Contents:

• The PIC18F87J50 FS USB Plug-In Module demonstration board, preprogrammed with USB Human Interface Device (HID) class mouse demonstration firmware
• A standard USB mini-B cable for power and communication
• The PICDEM? FS USB Starter Kit CD-ROM, containing USB firmware projects, Microchip’s custom class USB driver and USB-specific documentation, such as this user’s guide