Microchip 16 bit Development Kit TDGL007

The Cerebot MC7 is primarily intended to be used as a controller for electro-mechanical devices such as DC motors. The microcontroller used, a dsPIC33FJ128MC706A, is a member of a dsPIC family optimized for motor control applications. The Cerebot MC7 provides four half-bridge circuits that are rated for 24V at up to 5A. Each of these half-bridge circuits is connected to the dsPIC A/D converter to measure voltage and current for closed loop feedback control. These half-bridges can be used to control two brushed DC motors, two bi-polar stepper motors, one brushless DC (BLDC) motor or one uni-polar stepper motor. In addition, the board can be used to implement controllers for switched DC-DC converters. The Cerebot MC7 works with the Microchip MPLAB development environment and provides built in programming and debugging support within the MPLAB IDE.

dsPIC33FJ128MC706A 40MIPS DSC with 128KB Flash memory, 16KB SRAM
On-board 32KB I2C serial EEPROM
4 x 24V @ 5A half-bridge drivers with current and voltage feedback and provision for over-current interrupt
Quadrature encoder connectors
8 x R/C servomotor connectors
CAN network interface
USB programming/debug interface
3 x Pmod connectors for Digilent Pmod™ peripheral modules
2 x I2C daisy chain connectors
2 x user pushbuttons
4 x user LEDs
Integrated programming/debugging circuit
Variety of power supply connectors
+5V @ 4A switching regulator
Maximum power supply input voltage: +24Vdc
ESD and short circuit protection for all I/O pins

dsPIC® Development Tools