Техническая Спецификация для Microchip Technology DV164133

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The XLP 16-bit Energy Harvesting Development Kit is a 
true development platform for realizing energy harvesting 
applications. It is based on Microchip’s PIC® MCUs with 
nanoWatt XLP Technology and Cymbet’s EVAL-08 Solar 
Energy Harvester.

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Sleep Currents below 20 nA

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Brown-out Reset down to 50 nA

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Watch-dog Timer down to 220 nA

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Real-Time Clock/Calendar down to 470 nA

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Run Currents down to 35 μA/MHz

Powered only by light, the XLP kit enables rapid prototyping 
of low power applications such as RF sensors, temperature/
environmental sensors, utility meters, remote controls and 
security sensors to name just a few.

The development board portion of the kit features on-
board temperature sensors, data EEPROM, potentiometer, 
watch crystal, LEDs and expansion connector for PICtail™ 
modules. Supported PICtail module options include: RF,
SD/MMC Cards and more.

The power for the kit is supplied by Cymbet’s EVAL-08 Solar 
Energy Harvester. The harvester features a high-effi ciency 
solar panel suitable for use with indoor or outdoor light. 
The harvester captures, manages and stores energy in 
two Cymbet EnerChip™ thin-fi lm rechargeable energy 
storage devices. The EnerChips supply energy to the XLP 
development board when light is not available.

Power condition 
and capacity 
are monitored 
by the PIC24F 
using Energy 
Conscious 
software 
algorithms 
developed 
by Microchip 
and Cymbet. 

The monitored information can be reported to the PC 
user interface via a USB connection. This allows for 
experimentation and balancing of energy collection vs. 
energy use, maximizing the benefi ts of the harvested 
energy.

For software development and programming, the kit 
includes the PICkit™ 3 programmer/debugger for use with 
the Microchip’s free MPLAB® Integrated Development 
Environment.

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Solar Energy Harvester with EnerChip storage devices 
providing backup power

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Individual disable jumpers for board components such as 
temperature sensors, LEDs, EEPROM and potentiometer 
thereby removing unwanted standby current

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Expansion PICtail connector with MCU controlled power 
supply
–  Add RF Connectivity with MiWi™ based low power
   communication software and the MRF24J40 (802.15.4)
   2.4 GHz radio

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Prototyping area for adding additional sensors and circuits

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PICkit 3 Programmer/Debugger and board level connector 
for application software development

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PIC24F16KA102 eXtreme Low Power MCU with 20 nA 
sleep currents (Can also be used with PIC24F32KA302 or 
PIC24FJ64GA102)

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UART to USB bridge for use in prototyping and PC 
communication

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Energy Conscious software reports charge status as a 
percentage and charge state (charging or discharging 
EnerChips)

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 Cymbet Eval-08 solar energy harvesting board and cable

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XLP 16-bit development board pre-loaded with Energy 
Conscious program

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PIC24F16KA102 microcontroller 

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PICkit 3 programmer/debugger

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USB cables

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XLP 16-bit Energy Harvesting Development Kit User’s Guide

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PC-based user interface program

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Quick Start Guide