P I C P L C 1 6 v 7 a
U s e r M a n u a l
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mikroBUS
™
SOCKETS
The superior connectivity features of the EasyPIC v7a development board
are rounded up with three 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.
mikroBUS
™
is not made to be only a part of our development boards.
You can freely place mikroBUS
™
host connectors in your final PCB
designs, as long as you clearly mark them with mikroBUS
™
logo and
footprint specifications. For more information, logo artwork and
PCB files visit our website:
www.mikroe.com/mikrobus
Integrate mikroBUS
™
in your design
mikroBUS™ SOCKET IN DETAIL
Analog pin –
AN
Reset pin –
RST
SPI Chip Select line –
CS
SPI Clock line –
SCK
SPI Slave Output line –
MISO
SPI Slave Input line –
MOSI
VCC-3.3V power line –
+3.3V
Reference Ground –
GND
PWM
- PWM output line
INT
- Hardware Interrupt line
RX
- UART Receive line
TX
- UART Transmit line
SCL
- I2C Clock line
SDA
- I2C Data line
+5V
- VCC-5V power line
GND
- Reference Ground
CONNECTIVITY
P A G E 15
The mikroBUS
™
socket supports the following communication interfaces:
SPI,
UART
, and
I
2
C
. 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
.
