dsPIC33CK Low-Voltage Motor Control Board User’s Guide
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2020 Microchip Technology Inc.
The MPLAB
®
X IDE hosts two plug-ins, which allow real-time diagnostics through a
serial USB-UART interface with external host PC. These are:
• X2C-Scope from the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH for use with the
X2C-Scope plug-in for MPLAB X IDE.
• RTDM from Microchip for use with the MPLAB DMCI plug-in.
3.2.10
mikroBUS™ Sockets
The Motor Control Board has two mikroBUS sockets, labeled ‘A’ and ‘B’. These
sockets are provided to attach mikroBUS add-on boards, called Click Boards™, to
expand the capability of the Motor Control Board by adding sensors, displays, storage
and communication interfaces. One hundred plus unique Click Boards are available
based on Microchip products (visit
https://www.mikroe.com/brands/microchip
) in cate-
gories, such as wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
®
, LoRa
®
), sensors (inductive
position sensors, remote temperature, thermocouple, ECG, IrDA
®
), interfaces (CAN,
LIN, Ethernet
®
, DALI™, EtherCAT), mixed signal (ADC, DAC), storage (EEPROM,
Flash, SRAM) and security, for example.
The mikroBUS socket comprises a pair of 1x8 female headers with an exclusive pin
configuration. The pinout consists of three communication interfaces, SPI, UART and
I
2
C, six additional pins for PWM, interrupt, analog input, Reset and chip select, and two
power groups, +3.3V and 5V. For available Click Boards, visit
www.mikroe.com
.
It is recommended that users verify that the connection requirement of the specific
Click Board is satisfied prior to interfacing. For pin mapping information between the
dsPIC DSC and the mikroBUS sockets, refer to the schematics in
Section 2.4 “Pin Functions of the dsPIC DSC”
. These
interfaces are not isolated from the input supply connected to the Motor Control Board.
