Pic Development Board

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Originally Posted by ARQuattr

From what I've read, I can use MPLAB (and Hi-Tech C or Microchip C18, etc.). I usually use Pickit2 or 3 to program my PICs, but I assume the board will come with drivers for the mikroICD interface for MPLAB? I'm wrong on these points?

Also, will it only drive the MCU and peripherals at 5V, or can other voltages (eg. 3.3V) be used/selected?

Yes, the board allows you to program with Mikroe's PicFlash programming utility using the USB port on the board. This is a pretty nice utility. I too use the Pickit2 and like that very much, but the PicFlash was not hard to get used to. It can also be adjusted to work with MicroCode Studio for one button compiling & programming.

I think the bummer part of the board, is that it does not allow you to use it with both 5 and 3.3 volt devices. I started messing with the power supply to hack it a bit, but selected the wrong resistor, so I have a little more work to do to see if I can make my own selector switch. Of course, I doubt if I can get any of the LCD's to work with that hack.

They now offer another board that only does 3.3 volt devices. http://www.mikroe.com/eng/products/v...opment-system/ I currently use a breadboard for 3.3v devices.