Microchip Technology AC164127-6 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents

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  • Introduction

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  • Document Layout

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  • Conventions Used in this Guide

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    • Documentation Conventions

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  • Recommended Reading

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  • The Microchip Web Site

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  • Training and Seminars

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  • Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service

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  • Customer Support

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  • Document Revision History

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    • Revision A (June 2010)

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• Notes:

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• Chapter 1. Introducing the Development Board

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  • 1.1 Introduction

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  • 1.2 Development Board Features

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    • Figure 1-1: PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board

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    • Figure 1-2: PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board Layout

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    • 1.2.1 PIC24FJ256DA210 Microcontroller

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    • 1.2.2 Graphics Interface

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    • 1.2.3 USB Options

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    • 1.2.4 Peripheral Options

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    • 1.2.5 PICtail Plus Connector

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  • 1.3 Power Requirements

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  • 1.4 Companion Display Boards

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    • Figure 1-3: Microchip Graphic Display Boards

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  • 1.5 Typical Development Board Configurations

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    • Figure 1-4: Typical Board Configuration

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  • 1.6 Development Board Demonstration Programs

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  • 1.7 Additional Software for Application Development

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    • 1.7.1 The Microchip Application Libraries

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• Chapter 2. The Demonstration Application

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  • 2.1 Introduction

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  • 2.2 About the Application

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    • Figure 2-1: Demo Application, First Menu Screen

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    • Figure 2-2: Demo Application, Second Menu Screen

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    • 2.2.1 Other Considerations

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• Chapter 3. Programming and Debugging the Board

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  • 3.1 Introduction

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  • 3.2 Tutorial overview

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  • 3.3 Loading the Project

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    • Figure 3-1: Loading the Project

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    • Figure 3-2: Set Device

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    • Figure 3-3: Set Correct Display Board

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  • 3.4 Building the Code

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    • 3.4.1 Verifying the Compiler Path

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      • Figure 3-4: Select Language Toolsuite

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    • 3.4.2 Building the Project

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      • Figure 3-5: Build Output

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  • 3.5 Programming the PIC24FJ256DA210

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    • 3.5.1 Set Up the Device Configuration

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      • Figure 3-6: PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board Configuration Bits

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    • 3.5.2 Connect and Enable MPLAB REAL ICE In-Circuit Emulator

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      • Figure 3-7: Enabling MPLAB® REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator

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    • 3.5.3 Program the Device

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      • Figure 3-8: Programming the Device

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  • 3.6 Running the Code

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    • Figure 3-9: Debugging Menu Options

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  • 3.7 Debugging the Code

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    • 3.7.1 Editing Application Code

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      • Figure 3-10: Open File for Edit

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    • 3.7.2 Using Breakpoints and Mouseovers

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      • Figure 3-11: Example Breakpoint

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    • 3.7.3 Using Watch Windows

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      • Figure 3-12: Watch Window Example

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      • Notes:

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• Chapter 4. Development Board Hardware

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  • 4.1 Introduction

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  • 4.2 Functional Overview

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    • Figure 4-1: PIC24FJ256DA210 Development Board Block Diagram

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  • 4.3 General Hardware Features

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    • 4.3.1 PCB Layout

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    • 4.3.2 Microcontroller

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    • 4.3.3 Oscillator Options

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    • 4.3.4 Power Supply

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    • 4.3.5 Programming and Debugging Interface

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    • 4.3.6 Reset Switch (S4)

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  • 4.4 Setup and Configuration

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    • Table 4-1: Jumper Settings and Configuration Options

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      • Figure 4-2: Location of Development Board Jumpers

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    • Table 4-2: Summary of Board Configurations Vs. Availability of Specific Features

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    • 4.4.1 User-Defined Inputs and LEDs

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      • Figure 4-3: Configuration of User-Defined Features

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      • Table 4-3: Jumper settings for RB5, RE9 and RG8 Inputs

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    • 4.4.1.1 User-DefineD Push Buttons (S1, S2 and S3)

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    • 4.4.1.2 CTMU Touch Sense Inputs

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      • Table 4-4: CTMU Touch Pad Combinations

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    • 4.4.1.3 Analog Input (Potentiometer)

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    • 4.4.1.4 LED Outputs

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    • 4.4.2 USB Connectivity

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      • Figure 4-4: Configuring USB Modes

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    • 4.4.2.1 USB Host Mode (default)

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    • 4.4.2.2 USB Device Mode

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    • 4.4.2.3 USB On-The-Go (OTG) Mode

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    • 4.4.3 UART (RS-232)

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      • Figure 4-5: UART Configuration

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    • 4.4.3.1 UART and USB OTG Mode (TX Remapping)

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      • Figure 4-6: Remapping The UART TX Signal

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    • 4.4.3.2 UART and Display Backlight (RX Signal)

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    • 4.4.4 Graphics Port

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    • 4.4.4.1 TFT and STN interfaces

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      • Table 4-5: RGB Interface Mapping For TFT Displays

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    • 4.4.4.2 STN Interfaces

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      • Table 4-6: STN Interface Mapping

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    • 4.4.4.3 Resistive Touch screen Interface

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    • 4.4.4.4 SPI Touch Controller Interface

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      • Figure 4-7: Touch Controller and Backlight Configuration

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    • 4.4.4.5 BackLight Control

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    • 4.4.5 On-Board External Memory

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    • 4.4.5.1 External SRAM

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      • Table 4-7: SRAM Memory Options

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        • Figure 4-8: SRAM Configuration

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    • 4.4.5.2 External Flash Memory

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      • Figure 4-9: Flash Memory Configuration

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      • Table 4-8: Parallel Flash Memory Ranges

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    • 4.4.6 PICtail™ Plus Card Modular Expansion Connector

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    • 4.4.6.1 Daughter board-specific hardware Modifications

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      • Figure 4-10: Location of Configuration Resistors

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    • 4.4.7 Current Measurement

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      • Figure 4-11: Current Measurement Locations

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    • 4.4.8 Other Considerations

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      • Table 4-9: Pin Assignments for Alternate EPMP Configurations

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• Appendix A. Development Board Schematics

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  • A.1 Introduction

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  • A.2 Hardware Features

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    • Table A-1: Connector Summary

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    • Table A-2: Summary of all Jumper Selections

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  • A.3 Development Board Schematics

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    • Figure A-1: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 1 of 7 (Microcontroller)

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    • Figure A-2: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 2 of 7 (Switches, Potentiometer and touch Pads)

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    • Figure A-3: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 3 of 7 (Flash and SRAM Options)

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    • Figure A-4: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 4 of 7 (USB and UART Options, Power supply)

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    • Figure A-5: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 5 of 7 (Display Edge Connector, ICD and PICkit™ Connectors)

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    • Figure A-6: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 6 of 7 (PICtail™ PLUS Connector And PICtail Configuration Options)

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    • Figure A-7: Development Board Schematic, Sheet 7 of 7 (Microcontroller Header)

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    • Notes:

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• Appendix B. Modifications for PICtail Plus Daughter Boards

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  • B.1 Introduction

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  • B.2 Overview of the PICtail Plus Interface

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    • Table B-1: Complete Microcontroller to PICtail™ Plus Connector Pin mapping

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    • Table B-2: Default signal Routing to PICtail™ Plus Connector (By Signal)

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    • Table B-3: Default and Optional signal Routings to PICtail™ Plus Connector

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  • B.3 Modifications for Specific Daughter Boards

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    • B.3.1 Fast 100 Mbps Ethernet Daughter Board (AC164132)

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    • B.3.2 PICtail Board for SD & MMC (AC164122)

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    • B.3.3 MRF49XA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board (AC164137-1 and AC164137-2)

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    • B.3.4 Directly Compatible Daughter Boards

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