Any suggest, if I want a all round prototyping board?

Guest · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:14 am

Hi

Is there any suggestion if I want a all round prototyping board?

I looked at some board from Microchip, Mikroe....

On the board I want:
Must work with PIC18!
Some led.
Some sw.
Some pot meters
One LCD display.
RS232 I/F to a pc.
Maybe USB I/F

Some hints?

dyeatman · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 1934 Location: Norman, OK

I use the EasyPIC5....very happy with it.

http://www.mikroe.com/en/

mmprestine · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:51 am

Check Futurlec:

http://www.futurlec.com/LCDDisp.shtml

http://www.futurlec.com/PIC18F4550_Board.shtml

treitmey · Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Appleton,WI USA

I would go with the microchip product. PICDEM 2 plus
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en010072&part=DM163022
LCD
4 LED
2 switch
reset
ADC input pot
2 crystals, 3 if you count RTC
DIP40 & DIP 28 and DIP 18
thermistor
MAX232
battery
all i/o pins brought out to .1" headers

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

Here is a thread on the topic:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24838

ckielstra · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 3680 Location: The Netherlands

And another thread: http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35713