26 July 2010

Microchip Microstick development board

  • Microchip Microstick development board

Microchip has announced the Microstick for dsPIC33F and PIC24H development board, which it claims provides a low cost solution for designing with Microchip's 16bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F digital signal controllers (DSCs).

Available in a 20x76mm footprint, the Microstick is designed to offer an integrated USB programmer/debugger, which shortens learning curves. It can be used stand alone or plugged into a prototyping board. Educational establishments are eligible for a 25% discount.

The Microstick is populated with a socketed microcontroller that can be easily swapped out. It works with the PIC24HJ64GP502 16bit mcu and the dsPIC33FJ64MC802 DSC, which blends dsp and mcu resources into a single architecture.

Software support includes the same free MPLAB IDE and software libraries that work with all of Microchip's 8/16/32bit PIC microcontrollers and DSCs. Additionally, the dsPIC33F DSCs are supported by the free demo version of Microchip's Device Blocksets for the MATLAB language and Simulink environment, which work within the MPLAB IDE.

Author
Chris Shaw

Supporting Information

Websites
http://www.microchip.com/get/3PXP

Companies
Microchip Ltd

This material is protected by Findlay Media copyright
See Terms and Conditions.
One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not.
For multiple copies contact the sales team.

Do you have any comments about this article?

Add your comments

Name
 
Email
 
Comments
 

Your comments/feedback may be edited prior to publishing. Not all entries will be published.
Please view our Terms and Conditions before leaving a comment.

 

Related Articles

Future unveils adaptor board

Future Electronics has released a series of new mezzanine carrier cards, the ...

Embedded World: Altium, FTDI C

Altium has announced the full range of board level IC components from Future ...

ADI unveils new FMC boards

Analog Devices has introduced two data converter FMC boards (fpga mezzanine ...

Avoid counterfeit electronics

It's been discussed and analysed for years, yet there does not seem to be an ...

AMD cuts to the core

The discontinuation last year by Intel of the Pentium M and Celeron M ...

Simplifying open source

Linaro is attempting to make it easier to use the Linux operating system in ...

Oryx board - reference design

The ORYX Board is an ultra low power reference design Sharp Microelectronics ...

High speed board design

Istvan Nagy, electronics design engineer at Blue Chip Technology, a leading UK ...

Designs, ideas and solutions for today’s ...

Developers of small, fan-less systems are confronted with a growing list of ...

Analogue front end

CML Microcircuits' CMX7861 'FirmCODEC' is a full featured analogue front end ...

XOs and VCXOs

Rakon has launched a new family of low noise, frequency selectable XO ...

Starter kit STM32F407ZG mcu

IAR Systems has announced a new 32bit kit for STMicroelectronics' first ARM ...

embedded world 2012

Taking place from 28 February to 1 March 2012.

Designing for EMC

A two day intensive course 15-16 March 2012, Birmingham Science Park, Aston.

Printed Electronics Europe

3rd-4th April 2012, Berlin, Germany

Windows Embedded Compact 7

Considering using Windows Embedded Compact 7? TI offers a boards support ...

Reduce board space for signal conditioning ...

According to TI, the 'industry's first eight-channel, 34 V digital-input ...

Fully Integrated Transmit/Receive Switch for ...

Learn about Texas Instruments' TX810, the 1st fully integrated transmit/receive ...

Most expensive component

With great apologies to William Shakespeare, "a resistor, a resistor, my ...

Engineering Knowledge Half Life: When is it ...

While looking online for some training material, I stumbled across a website ...

Circuitry snacks

In a bid to attract youngsters to the world of electronic design, internet bods ...

Herbert Truppe interview

Herbert Truppe, director, Product Management & Application, ...

John Isaac, Mentor Graphics

Graham Pitcher talks with John Isaac, director of market development for Mentor ...

Keate Despain, Radisys

Keate Despain, senior director of product line marketing, Radisys, talks with ...