Microchip | MA330018

MA330018 dsPIC33FJ128MC804 Plug-In Module (PIM) is designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the dsPIC33FJ128MC804 family of motor control devices using the Explorer 16 Development Board and the PICtail Plus daughter boards. The dsPIC33FJ128MC804 is a high-performance 16-bit digital signal controller within a small 44-pin QFN package.

Plug-In Modules are small circuit boards to be used with the various Microchip Development Boards to evaluate various MCU families. These plug into the main processor socket of the Development Boards so that different microcontrollers can be used for prototyping, demonstration or development quickly and easily.

The dsPIC33FJ128MC804 is equipped with Peripheral Pin Select (PPS), which allows many of the digital peripherals to be remapped to use any number of pins on the device. The PIM takes advantage of PPS by using zero ohm resistors to connect the I/O to the 100-pin Explorer 16 Development Board. Simply removing the zero ohm resistors and using the test points associated with each I/O pin (i.e., Pin1, Pin2, etc.), allows the designer to reroute the pin to any of the available pins on the Explorer 16 Development Board. This capability enables easier and faster design times.