The Explorer 16 Development Board is a low-cost modular development system for Microchip’s 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. It supports devices from the PIC24, dsPIC and PIC32 families. A variety of families are supported with processor Plug-In Modules (PIMs) for easy device swapping.  The board includes a PICtail Plus daughter card connector for expansion boards including USB, CAN, Ethernet, wireless, graphics and many more.  Coupled with the MPLAB ICD 3 In Circuit Debugger or MPLAB REAL ICE, real-time emulation and debug facilities speed evaluation and prototyping of application circuitry.

Getting Started

•     Read the Explorer 16 User’s Manual
•     Download the free MPLAB X IDE
•     Download the suitable MPLAB XC Compiler

Features:

•     Includes processor PIMs for both PIC24 and dsPIC families
•     Alpha-numeric 16 x 2 LCD display
•     Interfaces to MPLAB ICD 3, MPLAB REAL ICE and RS-232
•     Includes Microchip's TC1047A high accuracy, analog output temperature sensor
•     Expansion connector to access full devices pin-out and bread board prototyping area
•     PICTailTM Plus connector for expansion boards
•     Full documentation in download section below: user's guide, schematics