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PIC18F46J50 FULL-SPEED USB
DEMONSTRATION BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1
INTRODUCTION
The PIC18F46J50 Full-Speed USB Demonstration Board is designed as an
easy-to-use evaluation platform for Microchip’s full-speed, USB PIC18F46J50 family of
microcontrollers.
The board can be operated as a stand-alone device. Alternately, for additional
demonstration functionality, the board can be used in conjunction with the PIC18
Explorer Board (
www.microchipDIRECT.com
) or PICDEM™ HPC Explorer Board
(
www.microchipDIRECT.com
).
All members of the PIC18F46J50 family of microcontrollers fully support USB 2.0
full-speed and low-speed serial communications at signaling speeds of 12 Mbps or
1.5 Mbps.
The demonstration board package provides all of the hardware and software needed
to develop USB compliant communication solutions.
This chapter discusses:
• Demonstration Board Package Contents
• PIC18F46J50 Family USB Capabilities
1.2
DEMONSTRATION BOARD PACKAGE CONTENTS
The demonstration board package contains:
• The PIC18F46J50 Full-Speed USB Demonstration Board, preprogrammed with
composite USB Human Interface Device (HID) and Mass Storage Device (MSD)
class demonstration firmware
• A standard USB A to mini-B cable for power and communication
• A six-pin, in-line ICSP™ to RJ-11 programming adapter board
• The PICDEM™ Starter Kit CD-ROM, containing USB firmware projects, PC appli-
cation source code, USB drivers and USB specific documentation, such as this
user’s guide
1.3
PIC18F46J50 FAMILY USB CAPABILITIES
The PIC18F46J50 microcontroller is the “superset” device of the PIC18F46J50 family.
The PIC18F46J50 has the largest memory and highest pin count in the family, but
otherwise shares a nearly identical feature set with the other family devices. The only
exclusionary exceptions are features that require pins not present on the family’s
28-pin devices.
