PICDEM™ MC LV Demonstration Board
Summary
The PICDEM™ MC LV Development Board is a development
and evaluation tool that provides designers a quick
and cost-effective method to evaluate both sensored
and sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor control
applications. Users can create embedded motor
control applications using Microchip’s 28-pin, PIC18F
microcontrollers and dsPIC30F Digital Signal Controllers.
Supported devices are provided in the table below.
Two pre-programmed, Flash-based samples are provided in
the kit including PIC18F2431 and dsPIC30F3010 devices.
The board is also populated with an ICD connector for the
MPLAB® ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger and an RS-232 port
for external communication, LED indicators, push button
switches, speed control potentiometer and motor sensor
inputs.
Finally, users can develop their application with a simple
graphical interface, known as the Motor Control Graphical
User Interface (MC-GUI). The MC-GUI provides a quick
and easy way for designers to configure and monitor their
motor system parameters such as motor control type,
motor speed, rotational direction, current, voltage and fault
status.
Supported Devices Packages
PIC18F2331 28-pin SPDIP
PIC18F2431 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F2010 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F3010 28-pin SPDIP
dsPIC30F4012 28-pin SPDIP
Features
Key features of the PICDEM MC LV Development Kit
include:
• Supports PIC18F and dsPIC® 28-pin motor control
devices
• Capable of driving motors up to 48V, 2.2 Amps
• Motor terminal strip
• 3-phase voltage source inverter bridge
• Over-current protection, level programmable using
potentiometer
• Temperature sensor with I2C™ interface
• Push button switches and master reset
• Test points for motor current and back EMF sensing
• Speed control potentiometer
• Active RS-232 connector
• MPLAB ICD 2 connector
• FREE! Motor Control GUI software
• 3-phase, 24V BLDC motor (optional)
Part Number : AC300020
• 24V external power supply (optional)
Part Number : AC002013
Development Systems
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Package Contents
• PICDEM MC LV Development Board with pre-programmed
(BLDC firmware) PIC18F2431 and dsPIC30F3010
devices
• Software and Documentation CD containing the
MC-GUI, User’s Guide and sample applications programs
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MPASM™ Assembler Universal PICmicro® Macro-Assembler
MPLINK™ Linker/MPLIB™ Librarian Linker/Librarian
MPLAB SIM Simulator Software Simulator
MPLAB C18 C Compiler for PIC18CXXX MCUs
MPLAB C30 C Compiler for dsPIC30F MCUs
PICkit™ 1/PICkit 2 PICkit 1 Flash Starter Kit/PICkit 2 Starter Kit
MPLAB ICD 2 In-Circuit Debugger
MPLAB ICE 2000 Full-featured Modular In-Circuit Emulator for PIC12, PIC16 and PIC18 MCUs
MPLAB ICE 4000 Full-featured Modular In-Circuit Emulator for PIC18 and dsPIC MCUs
PICSTART® Plus Programmer Entry-level Development Kit with Programmer
MPLAB PM3 Device Programmer Full-featured, Modular Device Programmer
KEELOQ® Evaluation Kit Encoder/Decoder Evaluator
microID® Developer’s Kit 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz RFID Development Tools
Analog & Interface Boards A variety of demonstration and evaluation boards for interface, linear, mixed-
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Host System Requirements
(For the Motor Control GUI)
• PC-compatible system with an Intel Pentium® class or
higher processor, or equivalent
• A minimum of 16 MB RAM
• A minimum of 16 MB available for hard drive space
• CD-ROM drive
• One available standard serial port with a matching COM
port available through the operating system
• Microsoft Windows® 98, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows
2000 or Windows XP
PICDEM™ MC LV Development Board
Part Number Description Availability
DM183021 PICDEM MC LV Development Board Now
AC002013 24 Volt Power Supply (optional) Now
AC300020 24V BLDC Motor with Cables (optional) Now
Note: For best results using the PICDEM MC LV Development Board, purchase of the optional 24V Power Supply
(AC002013) and 24V BLDC Motor with Cables (AC300020) is recommended.
Part Numbers and Ordering Information
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