easyPIC pro PIC development board for dsPIC PIC24 PIC32 MCUs

What is easyPIC Pro?
easyPIC Pro is an old friend. It has been with us for two generations. Many of us made our first steps in embedded world with easyPIC Pro. Today it has thousands of users: students, hobbyists, enthusiasts and professionals. It is used in many schools and other educational institutions across the globe. We have sold them over 3000pcs in the world in the past 3 years. It provides a low-cost easy-to-use platform with common modules to bring you into the colorful embedded world.
easyPIC Pro contains motherboard and MCU Card. We have designed three different MCU Card boards to equip easyPIC Pro.They are PIC64-A, PIC80-A and PIC100-A which is respectively for PIC24x, dsPIC33x, PIC32MX4xx, PIC32MX7xx microcontroller families in 64-pin, 80-pin and 100-pin TQFP packaging. Different microcontrollers are supported using these MCU cards, which are placed into the on-board female MCU socket.
 
Of course, we are not perfect and we asking ourselves what we can do to make such a board even better, and at the same time, we are looking forward to receiving your valuable suggestions.

 System Specifications
What’s on Board?

1.MCU Card Socket
○The easyPIC Pro equips a 100-pin Plug-In Module socket, supporting a wide variety of 16-bit and 32-bit microcontroller families via PICXXX-XXX series MCU Cards. The MCU Cards supported by the easyPIC Pro development board are: PIC64-A, PIC64-B, PIC80-A, PIC80-B, and PIC100-A etc. which are respectively for most PIC24, dsPIC33, PIC32 microcontroller families in 64-pin, 80-pin and 100-pin TQFP packages. You can use different microcontrollers on the easyPIC Pro development board for development, demonstration and testing via using these MCU cards.

2.Interface for Programmer
○Two standard ICSP interfaces (ICSP1 and ICSP2) which allow you to connect PICKIT2, PICKIT3, ICD2 or other
Third-party Programmer/debugger directly.
 
3.Indicator
○“PWRLED”：Power LED Indicator, indicates when power supply is switched on.
○“L1”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L2”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L3”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L4”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L5”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L6”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L7”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
○“L8”：User LED Indicator – useful for indicating the IO state of PIC microcontroller.
 
4.Button Device
○“RESET”：System Reset Button– for manually resetting the microcontroller.
○“KEY1”：User Button– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“KEY2”：User Button– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“KEY3”：User Button– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“UP”： Direction UP on Jostick– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“DOWN”：Direction DOWN on Jostick– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“LEFT”： Direction LEFT on Jostick– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“RIGHT”： Direction RIGHT on Jostick– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
○“CENTER”： Direction CENTER on Jostick– state readable by the PIC microcontroller.
5.Power Supply
○The board can be powered in two different ways: with USB power supply (USB) or using external DC 7-12V via adapter connector Jack (POWER(7-12V)).
○5V or 3.3V power supply is optional for the system(But for most PIC24,dsPIC and PIC32 MCUs, the working volage is 3.3V).
6.Communication
○RS232 Module with interface – useful for transferring data to/from the PIC microcontroller using RS232 communication protocol.
○RS485 Module with interface – useful for transferring data to/from the PIC microcontroller using RS485 communication protocol.
○CAN Module with interface – useful for transferring data to/from the PIC microcontroller using CAN communication protocol.
○Mini USB connector(Installed on MCU Cards) – shares USB signals with the USB connector and is useful for the development of dedicated USB embedded host applications, when used in conjunction with a USB capable.
7.Display
○6 digit Segment LED Display – useful for displaying user application measured value.
○Socket for 16x2 Character LCD Display Module – useful for displaying user application strings/ measured value.
○Socket for 128x64 Graphical Liquid Crystal Display Module – useful for displaying user application strings/ measured value/graphical interface.
○6 digit Segment LCD Display – useful for displaying user application measured value.
8.1-WIRE Bus
○Socket for DS18B20 Temperature Sensor Module – useful for monitoring the ambient temperature.
9.Storage
○TF Card Module – useful to save data.
○IIC External EEPROM Module – useful to save data that should be saved when the power supply goes off.
10.Sound Generator Device
○Buzzer –to generate voice using a voltage signal of specified frequency from the PIC microcontroller.
11.Analog to Digital Conversion
○Potentiometer ADC Input: 10 kΩ Potentiometer – useful as an analog signal source for ADC demonstration or user interface purposes.
12.Motor
○Socket for 28BYJ-48-5V stepmoter with ULN2003A Darlington Array drive.
13.System Clock
○32.768 kHz Low-power Oscillator Crystal Input .
○Socket for System main Oscillator Crystal.
14.External expansion
○All IOs are taken out for DIY.
Power Supply
The board can be powered in two different ways: with USB power supply (USB) or using external DC 7-12V via adapter connector Jack (POWER(7-12V)).
Programmer/Debugger Requirement
An external PIC programmer or Debugger is required to download code to the DIP-40 PICs on the board.It supports many Programmers or Debuggers like PICKIT2，PICKIT3 or ICD2 etc.

Packing List
easyPIC pro(Comes with the microcontroller as the title says),---------------------------1pcs;
Dupont 1P-1P(F) DIY Cable,---------------------------------------------------------------------------10pcs;
Dupont 8P-8P(F) DIY Cable,--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4pcs;

Download

1.easyPIC PRO_Schematic_20200820
2.easyPIC pro User Manual_20210719

3.PIC64-A Card Schematic_20200820
4.PIC64-A-MZ Card Schematic_20200820
5.PIC64-B Card Schematic_20200820
6.PIC80-A Card Schematic_20200820
7.PIC80-B Card Schematic_20200820
8.PIC100-A Card Schematic_20200820
9.PIC100-MZ Card Schematic_20200820