Description
The Universal Development Board (UDB) is a microcontroller development
board intended for use with a wide variety of PIC microcontrollers from
Microchip. It was designed to support most 3.3V, PIC microcontrollers in
8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit varieties. It will accommodate a wide range of
Microchip PIM processor modules as well as DIP packaged parts with pin
counts from 8-pin to 28-pin. Three DIP sockets are provided: 20/14/8 PIN
8-bit PIC, 28 PIN 8-bit PIC, and 28-pin PIC24/dsPIC33/PIC32MX. This board
also has discrete I/O elements and two Pmod ports for further device
evaluation or product development capability. Expansion connectors are
provided that are compatible with the Microchip PICtail Plus line of
expansion modules. In addition to the PIM connector and DIP sockets, a
PIC32MX360 microcontroller is also provided for use without the need for
additional PIM or DIP socketed processors. The Universal Development Board
is designed to be compatible with the Microchip Explorer 16 Development
Board. The layout of the PIM connector and PICtail Plus bus connections are
physically and electrically compatible with the Explorer 16, and many
Microchip demonstration programs for the Explorer 16 will work with the
UDB.