Digital Potentiometer Design Guide
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MCP402X Non-Volatile Digital Potentiometer
Evaluation Board (MCP402XEV)
This low-cost board enables user’s to
exercise all of the features of the MCP401X
and MCP402X devices. Kit includes one
populated and one unpopulated PCB. The
populated board has an MCP4021-103E/
SN digital potentiometer configured as a “windowed”
potentiometer using a 2.5 kΩ pull-up and a 2.5kΩ pull-down
resistor. The PCB supports the 8-pin SOIC, SOT-23-6 and
SOT-23-5 package variations. The unpopulated PCB allows
user’s to build the exact combination of components their
application requires.
MCP42X1 Evaluation Board (MCP42X1EV)
The MCP42XXEV Evaluation Board allows
the system designer to quickly evaluate the
operation of Microchip Technology’s MCP4261
Digital Potentiometer device. The board uses the
TSSOP20EV Generic PCB and has been populated
for the MCP4261. The 6-pin header (PICkit Serial)
has been jumpered to the appropriate pins on the
MCP4261 device, allowing the PICkit Serial to communicate
with the device.
MCP43X1 Evaluation Board (MCP43X1EV)
The MCP43XXEV Evaluation Board allows
the system designer to quickly evaluate the
operation of Microchip Technology’s MCP4361
Digital Potentiometer device. The board uses the
TSSOP20EV Generic PCB and has been populated
for the MCP4361. The 6-pin header (PICkit Serial)
has been jumpered to the appropriate pins on the
MCP4361 device, allowing the PICkit Serial to communicate
with the device.
MCP46X1 Evaluation Board (MCP46X1EV)
The MCP46XXEV Evaluation Board allows
the system designer to quickly evaluate the
operation of Microchip Technology’s MCP4661
Digital Potentiometer device. The board uses the
TSSOP20EV Generic PCB and has been populated
for the MCP4661. The 6-pin header (PICkit Serial)
has been jumpered to the appropriate pins on the
MCP4661 device, allowing the PICkit Serial to communicate
with the device.
MCP4XXX Digital Potentiometer Daughter Board
(MCP4XXXDM-DB)
This board allows evaluation of the
MCP42XXX and MCP402X Digital
Potentiometers. The MCP42XXX are dual
digital potentiometer devices that have the
same characteristics as the single digital
potentiometer devices (MCP41XXX). The MCP402X devices
are non-volatile and have similar characteristics to their
volatile memory versions (MCP401X). The board supports
two MCP42XXX devices to allow the resistor networks to
be “stacked” and form a programmable windowed digital
potentiometer. The board also has a voltage doubler device
(TC1240A), which can be used to show the WiperLock
Technology feature of the MCP4021.
Demo/Evaluation Support
Microchip Technology offers several boards that support the
demonstration and evaluation of the digital potentiometer
devices. These boards fall into two categories:
■ Populated boards to demonstrate/evaluate the specific
device(s)
■ Blank printed circuit boards (PCBs)
The blank PCBs allow customers to populate the device and
supporting circuit to best evaluate the performance and
characteristics of the desired device configuration.
The following boards are available on the Microchip web site
at: www.microchip.com/analogtools.
Name
Part
Number
Package Supported
# Pins
Device/Pkg Type
MCP401X Evaluation
Board
MCP401XEV
–
MCP401X
MCP402X Non-Volatile
Digital Potentiometer
Evaluation Board
MCP402XEV
–
MCP40X1 (SOT-23)
MCP42X1 Evaluation
Board
MCP42X1EV
–
MCP42X1
MCP43X1 Evaluation
Board
MCP43X1EV
–
MCP43X1
MCP46X1 Evaluation
Board
MCP46X1EV
–
MCP46X1
MCP4XXX Digital
Potentiometer
Daughter Board
MCP4XXXDM-DB
–
MCP42XXX (DIP) and
MCP40X1 (SOIC)
MCP42XX PICtail
Plus Daughter Board
MCP42XXDM-PTPLS
–
MCP42XX
MCP46XX PICtail Plus
Daughter Board
MCP46XXDM-PTPLS
–
MCP46XX
SOT-23-5/6 Voltage
Supervisor Evaluation
Board
VSUPEV2
5 & 6
SOT-23
8-pin SOIC/MSOP/
TSSOP/DIP Evaluation
Board
SOIC8EV
8
DIP, MSOP, SOIC and
TSSOP
14-pin SOIC/TSSOP/
DIP Evaluation Board
SOIC14EV
14
DIP, SOIC and TSSOP
20-pin TSSOP/SSOP
Evaluation Board
TSSOP20EV
20
TSSOP and SSOP
MCP401X Evaluation Board (MCP401XEV)
The MCP401XEV Evaluation Board allows
the system designer to quickly evaluate the
operation of Microchip Technology’s MCP40D18
Digital Potentiometer device. The board uses
the SC70EV Generic PCB and has been
populated for the MCP40D18. The 6-pin header (PICkit
Serial) has been jumpered to the appropriate pins on the
MCP40D18 device, allowing the PICkit Serial to communicate
with the device. The User’s Guide includes demonstrations of
the PICkit Serial controlling the MCP40D18 device.
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