TC1047A TEMPERATURE-TO-VOLTAGE
CONVERTER PICtail™ DEMO BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
©
2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS51483B-page 7
Chapter 2. Installation and Operation
2.1
INTRODUCTION
The TC1047A Temperature-to-Voltage Converter PICtail™ Demo Board demonstrates
how to interface the TC1047A device to a microcontroller for use by the system
designer as an example of how to integrate an analog temperature sensor into their
system.
2.2
FEATURES
The TC1047A Temperature-to-Voltage Converter PICtail™ Demo Board has the
following features:
• Small PCB layout
• Standard 100 mil 14-pin header (P1) for easy interface to PICkit™ 1 Flash Starter
Kit or custom application
2.3
GETTING STARTED
This section describes how to quickly set up the TC1047A Temperature-to-Voltage
Converter PICtail™ Demo Board and PICkit 1 Flash Starter Kit. A block diagram of the
setup is presented in Figure 2-1. Refer to Application Note 938, “Interfacing a TC1047A
Analog Output Temperature Sensor to a PICmicro
®
Microcontroller” (DS00938), for
detailed information on the TC1047A Temperature-to-Voltage Converter PICtail™
Demo Board and the
TC1047A PICtail.HEX
firmware.
FIGURE 2-1:
TC1047A Temperature-to-Voltage Converter PICtail™ Demo Board Block Diagram.
TC1047A
V
DD
PICmicro
®
FLASH
TC1047A PICtail™
V
OUT
ADC
GND
Temperature
Sensor
MCU
PICkit™ 1 FLASH Starter Kit
Demo Board
PC
USB
LED Array
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
J3
+5V
P1
