AeroBot PIC18F47J53 Development Board
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- Published on Friday, 07 October 2011 21:09
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This development board is small enough to fit in your projects, yet very powerful. It is based on the new PIC18F47J53 micro , with 128k bytes of program space and 3.8k bytes of ram. It runs at 12 MIPS, and can operate USB 2.0 at high speed.
The board has a header on the bottom that can be plugged into a breadboard, or used for wiring inputs/outputs, as well as supplying 3.3v and 5v for power. The chip runs at 3.3 volts, but it has 10 5.5 volt tolerant pins, making it easy to adapt to 5v or 3.3 volt hardware. The chip has 2 serial ports, 2 I2C ports, and has a 10 to 12 bit A/D converter on board. The board can be powered 3 different ways: from USB, from battery, or from R/C receiver. The board has 8 inputs/outputs which are set up to be servo outputs, though these can be used for any input/output. Most of the chip's pins are mapable, and can be moved, depending on what your needs are.
The board also has two headers available to connect directly to many I2C devices. The chip makes it easy to connect to either 3.3v or 5v I2C devices. The board has selectable pullups to pull the voltage to either level. It comes pre-programmed with Microchip's USB bootloader firmware, so you won't even need a programmer for it. The reset button and programming button make it easy to select between USB Bootloader mode, or program run mode.
AeroBot's dimensions are 2.19 inches by 1.5 inches, and it weighs about 8 grams.