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Companion board for the Microchip PIC32 Starter kit.  V1.5 now available.  Updated for compatibility with PIC32 USB starter kit, optional interface for Newhaven 2.4in TFT display with touchscreen and selection of Video vs VGA with jumpers.

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Features:

- 120 pin Hirose connector which mates with PIC32MX Starter kit header

- Fan out of all pins to 2 dual row 0.1 inch spacing headers

- 5V power supply with on/off switch and reverse polarity protection

- 2.1 mm pin 9-15V wall transformer input

- Additional auxiliary 3.3V supply (to supplement the PIC32 starter board if necessary)

- Additional adjustable supply, primarily for the color LCD display back light (nominally 6.0 to 7.0V) but also available for other prototyping

- Connector for Nokia color LCD (cell phone display with 132x132 pixels), SPI interface

- Lumex 16x2 LCD display

- JTAG connections

- ICSP connector

- SPI EEPROM or Flash memory

- I2C EEPROM

- Stereo earphone jack with 2 low pass filters for audio

- NTSC or PAL Video output through RCA jack

- VGA output (R, G or B), selectable with 2 jumpers

- Transflash / microSD card socket

- 1 16 pin SOIC pad (with interfaces to 2 0.1 spacing holes each pad)

- 1 18 pin SSOP pad (with interfaces to 2 0.1 spacing holes each pad)

- 1 6 pin SOT-23 pad

- 1 22 pin DIP pad with power and ground bus and interfaced with 2 holes each pad)

- 2 additional LEDs

- 2 additional switches

- MCLR button

- RS-232 with full CTS and RTS functionality and a 9 pin DIN connector

- Generous additional prototyping area with power and ground busses

- Compatible with PIC32 and PIC32 USB Starter Kits

 

- Optional interface with Newhaven 2.4in TFT color LCD with touchscreen (NEW)

 

 

Supports the projects described in Lucio Di Jasio's book "Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C".  You can find more information on it here:

Exploring the PIC32

This is what you get when you order the Optional Display Adapter
This includes the PIC32 Companion Board, 16x2 LCD and Newhaven 2.4 in TFT Display adapter

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Shown here is the V1.5 PIC32 Companion board with the optional display adapter and the Newhaven 2.4in TFT display mounted.
 
See it in action on YouTube here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrgHcILbpnY 

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When you order the optional display adapter, the included 16x2 LCD is removable.  The photo below shows it mounted to the board.

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An interface board is provided with the display option, you must purchase the Newhaven display separately (available at www.newhavendisplay.com & www.digikey.com , part number is:  NHD-2.4-240320YF-CTXI#-T-1-ND for a very reasonable price).

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Display is soldered to the adapter board and folded back over for use. 
A piece of double sided tape will hold it in place.

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Bare V1.5 PIC32 Companion Board

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Purchase the bare board, the board with the Hirose connector, or a fully assembled board using a Credit Card (no Paypal account required) or use your existing Paypal account. click on the Purchase Products button on the navigation bar to the left.

PIC32 Companion Board - V1.5

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