Mikroe EasyPIC PRO v8, User Manual

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P A G E 22
E a s y P I C P R O v 8 M a n u a l
mikroBUS
™
sockets
The superior connectivity features of the EasyPIC PRO v8 development board
are rounded up with five standardized mikroBUS
™
host connectors. It is a
considerable upgrade for the board, as it allows interfacing with the vast
amount of Click boards
™
.
mikroBUS
™
is the add-on board standard that offers maximum expandability
with the smallest number of pins.
More information at
www.mikroe.com/mikrobus
All the mikroBUS
™
sockets are now redesigned and improved. They became
much sturdier, allowing a better grip of the Click board
™
. In addition to added
horizontal supports between two 8-pin connectors, the right lower edge
is chamfered at the angle of 45°, the same as the Click board
™
, making it
seamlessly fit into the mikroBUS
™
socket. The new mikroBUS
™
socket is now
a fully-fledged, standardized monolithic component with all its pins clearly
labeled, offering very good grip for the Click board
™
, preventing it to flip over
or to be placed incorrectly.
The mikroBUS
™
socket supports the following communication interfaces: SPI,
UART, and I2C. There are also single pins reserved for PWM, Interrupt, Analog
input, Reset, and SPI Chip Select. The mikroBUS
™
socket also contains pins
with the two power rails (3.3V and 5V), along with the GND pins.
Each MCU card has different pins routed to the mikroBUS
™
sockets, depending
on the particular MCU. Therefore, each mikroBUS
™
socket is labeled on
the development board with its ordinal number, by which the connector is
referenced to in the Mikroe development environment, software applications,
tutorials, etc.
Also, each MCU card has the pins routed to the corresponding mikroBUS
™
clearly labeled on the MCU card itself, as described in the MCU CARDS section.
This allows users to instantly know which MCU pin is routed to a pin on the
specific mikroBUS
™
socket.
Figure 11: Main board with
mikroBUS™ sock
et close up view