PIC14000
DS40122B-page 104
Preliminary
1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
12.6
PICDEM-1 Low-Cost PIC16/17
Demonstration Board
The PICDEM-1 is a simple board which demonstrates
the capabilities of several of Microchip’s microcontrol-
lers. The microcontrollers supported are: PIC16C5X
(PIC16C54 to PIC16C58A), PIC16C61, PIC16C62X,
PIC16C71, PIC16C8X, PIC17C42, PIC17C43 and
PIC17C44. All necessary hardware and software is
included to run basic demo programs. The users can
program the sample microcontrollers provided with
the PICDEM-1 board, on a PRO MATE II or
PICSTART-16B programmer, and easily test rm-
ware. The user can also connect the PICDEM-1
board to the PICMASTER emulator and download
the rmware to the emulator for testing. Additional pro-
totype area is available for the user to build some addi-
tional hardware and connect it to the microcontroller
socket(s). Some of the features include an RS-232
interface, a potentiometer for simulated analog input,
push-button switches and eight LEDs connected to
PORTB.
12.7
PICDEM-2 Low-Cost PIC16CXX
Demonstration Board
The PICDEM-2 is a simple demonstration board that
supports
the
PIC16C62,
PIC16C64,
PIC16C65,
PIC16C73 and PIC16C74 microcontrollers. All the
necessary hardware and software is included to
run the basic demonstration programs. The user
can program the sample microcontrollers provided
with the PICDEM-2 board, on a PRO MATE II pro-
grammer or PICSTART-16C, and easily test rmware.
The PICMASTER emulator may also be used with the
PICDEM-2 board to test rmware. Additional prototype
area has been provided to the user for adding addi-
tional hardware and connecting it to the microcontroller
socket(s). Some of the features include a RS-232 inter-
face, push-button switches, a potentiometer for simu-
lated analog input, a Serial EEPROM to demonstrate
usage of the I2C bus and separate headers for connec-
tion to an LCD module and a keypad.
12.8
PICDEM-3 Low-Cost PIC16CXX
Demonstration Board
The PICDEM-3 is a simple demonstration board that
supports the PIC16C923 and PIC16C924 in the PLCC
package. It will also support future 44-pin PLCC
microcontrollers with a LCD Module. All the neces-
sary hardware and software is included to run the
basic demonstration programs. The user can pro-
gram the sample microcontrollers provided with
the PICDEM-3 board, on a PRO MATE II program-
mer or PICSTART Plus with an adapter socket, and
easily test rmware. The PICMASTER emulator may
also be used with the PICDEM-3 board to test rm-
ware. Additional prototype area has been provided to
the user for adding hardware and connecting it to the
microcontroller socket(s). Some of the features
include an RS-232 interface, push-button switches, a
potentiometer for simulated analog input, a thermistor
and separate headers for connection to an external
LCD module and a keypad. Also provided on the PIC-
DEM-3 board is an LCD panel, with 4 commons and 12
segments, that is capable of displaying time, tempera-
ture and day of the week. The PICDEM-3 provides an
additional RS-232 interface and Windows 3.1 software
for showing the demultiplexed LCD signals on a PC. A
simple serial interface allows the user to construct a
hardware demultiplexer for the LCD signals. PICDEM-
3 will be available in the 3rd quarter of 1996.
12.9
MPLAB Integrated Development
Environment Software
The MPLAB IDE Software brings an ease of software
development previously unseen in the 8-bit microcon-
troller market. MPLAB is a windows based application
which contains:
A full featured editor
Three operating modes
- editor
- emulator
- simulator
A project manager
Customizable tool bar and key mapping
A status bar with project information
Extensive on-line help
MPLAB allows you to:
Edit your source les (either assembly or ‘C’)
One touch assemble (or compile) and download
to PIC16/17 tools (automatically updates all
project information)
Debug using:
- source les
- absolute listing le
Transfer data dynamically via DDE (soon to be
replaced by OLE)
Run up to four emulators on the same PC
The ability to use MPLAB with Microchip’s simulator
allows a consistent platform and the ability to easily
switch from the low cost simulator to the full featured
emulator with minimal retraining due to development
tools.
12.10
Assembler (MPASM)
The MPASM Universal Macro Assembler is a PC-
hosted symbolic assembler. It supports all microcon-
troller series including the PIC12C5XX, PIC14000,
PIC16C5X, PIC16CXX, and PIC17CXX families.
MPASM offers full featured Macro capabilities, condi-
tional assembly, and several source and listing formats.
It generates various object code formats to support
Microchip's development tools as well as third party
programmers.