Microchip Technology AC164124 Data Sheet

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*DS51654A*

The Microchip name and logo and the Microchip logo are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. 

PICtail is a trademark of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their 

respective companies. © 2007, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Printed in the U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. 3/07

To obtain the most recent and complete documentation for this demonstration board, including:
- User's Guide 

- Board Description 

- Board Schematics

- Source Code 

- Application Examples 

- Links to Web Seminars

please refer to the Microchip web site:  

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The IrDA

®

 Standard PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration board for evaluating 

Microchip Technology's infrared communication capability and IrDA Standard stack for 16-bit 
microcontrollers. It is an expansion board compatible with the Explorer 16 development board.

•  Infrared optical sensor
•  PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board connection interface
Please see the reverse side for schematic.

To get started, an Explorer 16 development board is required. All Explorer 16 development boards 
are shipped with connector J5 installed. The IrDA Standard PICtail Plus Daughter Board should be 
inserted into one of the top two sockets of J5. The orientation of the IrDA Standard PICtail Plus 
Daughter Board should be such that the optical sensor points toward the prototyping area on the 
Explorer 16 development board. If the board is inserted into the top most socket, UART1 must be 
utilized for infrared communication. If the board is inserted into the second top most socket, 
UART2 must be utilized for infrared communication.

The IrDA Standard PICtail Plus Daughter Board can be used in conjunction with the IrDA Standard 
Stack for Microchip 16-bit microcontrollers (see application note AN1071).  The demonstration 
projects provided with the stack can be programmed into an Explorer 16 demonstration board and 
interact with either another Explorer 16 demonstration board, or another device that also supports 
the pertinent IrDA Standard protocol.  See application note AN1071 for more information on 
running the sample projects.

The Microchip IrDA Standard stack and other firmware examples can be downloaded from: 

TX

I 

 

U1RX/U2RX

UART Receive

O

U1TX/U2TX

UART Transmit

RX