HP488 MATRIX, HP488 Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: HP488
• Description: DEVELOPMENT BOARD KIT, V3, PICMICRO
• Manufacturer: MATRIX

Specifications of HP488

• Development Tool Type: Development Kit
• Kit Features: PICmicro Programming, Used As Programmer, Development Board, RC/Xtal Operation, In-Circuit Debugging
• Mcu Supported Families: PICmicro
• Output: RoHS Compliant
• Silicon Manufacturer: Matrix
• Core Architecture: PIC
• Core Sub-architecture: PIC12F
• Silicon Family Name: PIC
• Kit Contents: Board
• Features: USB Programmable, Powered Via USB, E-Blocks Compatible
• Rohs Compliant: Yes

You can plug in a range of
additional sensors into the
tutorials and software are
Flowcode for PICmicro
Assembly for PICmicro
board like this motion
Three CD ROMs with
microcontrollers
microcontrollers
microcontrollers
C for PICmicro
available:
sensor
www.matrixmultimedia.co.uk
General description
The PICmicro development board is designed for learning PICmicro
programming and for developing PICmicro based projects. The board
allows a wide range of flash PICmicro microcontrollers to be
programmed and executed through the ‘PPP’ software utility supplied.
The board is tightly integrated to our range of software utilities and
courses which provide complete solutions for learning PICmicro
programming at a variety of levels.
The board is shipped with a PIC16F88 – an 18 pin device with up to 15
I/O lines configured in two ports – A and B. The ’88 device is one of the
newer devices from Arizona Microchip and is surprisingly powerful with
on-board A/D, internal clock, internal USART and a host of other
functions and features.
The nature of the PICmicro range of devices is such that 12, 14, 18, 28,
and 40 pin devices are – to some extent – upwards compatible, and the
DIL sockets on the board are therefore be connected in parallel. Only
one PICmicro microcontroller should be inserted at any time.
The board has been designed to allow those with little or no experience
of embedded microcontroller programming to be able to produce highly
functional designs in as short a time as possible. With this in mind we
have included switches on port A and B input/output pins, a quad 7-
segment display, a 2 line 16 character alphanumeric display, a choice of
crystal or RC oscillator, simple on-board analogue sensor (light) and
sensor simulator (potentiometer) and the ability to interface the board to
a host of external sensors including motion, temperature, pH. humidity
etc. Ports A and B are also connected to screw terminals on the sides of
the board via 150ohm resistors which protect the device on the board
itself.
The board can be used with ZIF sockets if required: please bear in mind
that you may need to insert one or more turned pin DIL sockets to raise
the height of some ZIF sockets to clear surrounding components.
Full tutorials in programming the PICmicro in assembly code, C, and
flowcharts are available. These sets of tutorials are available on CD
ROM and require no other software - all compilers and development
environments are included on the CDs themselves.
Add-on options
There are a range of more than 70 add-ons for this board which allow
you to customize it to form the basis of a superb educational or
development solution:
Sensors
There are over 30 sensors – ranging from simple temperature probes to
heart rate monitors – that can be plugged into the two white sensor
sockets. A full list is given below. There are several different types of
sensor and for educational use we recommend that you select a range of
sensors with different characteristics and coding techniques as follows:
Sensor
Temperature probe
Motion detector
Heart rate monitor
Photogate and pulley
wheel
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Output/action
Simple potential divider
Gives out a digital pulse
correlating to distance
Gives out an analogue voltage
pulse
When IR light path is
interrupted, digital output
changes
Coding strategy
A/D conversion, calibration, value look
up, display
Pulse time measurement, conversion
display
Data slicing, timing,
Various
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..and these trays are compatible with a
….the resulting assembly can be fitted
For added security the development
board can be mounted on a rugged
into our high quality plastic trays for
…which can be locked down to a
range of furniture and trolleys for
bench with a Kensington lock….
storage and classroom use.
metal platform….
storage….