In this article we look at some new hardware that I recently purchased, in this case I was looking at the DsPic controllers. In this case we look at the DsPIC30F4011 Lets have a look at the DsPIC30F4011 controller, here …
Hardware
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    I bought the QL200 PIC development board a long time ago, its a great resource. This is the board 1) Switch between power supply thru USB or external power supply. 2) 128*64LCD and 16*2 LCD module 3) 32 LEDs are … 
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    In this example we connected a 4X4 Key-pad shield with display interface from http://store.iteadstudio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=308 Here is a picture of the shield minus the LCD5100 display, as you can see it provides you with a number of keys that could be use … 
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    RKPK40 Prototype PCB The next PIC development board is again from RKeducation and is designed fo use with 40 pin PICs. In this case I used a PIC18f4550 Here are the specs for the 18f4550 – more details available at http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?product=PIC18F4550 … 
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    Where I normally like to create development boards for microcontrollers on stripboard, sometimes there are ready made boards or kits available that simplify things. We will look at several of these that I have purchased and I will highlight features … 
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    The requirements when I initially investigated a development board for doing some PIC training was I required a system that could cater for a variety of different PIC microcontrollers if possible and also had various peripherals on board that could … 
