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The FLEX Base Board
The FLEX Base Board is designed to export all the connections of a standard Microchip dsPIC (R) DSC micro-controller. The board connections use the standard 2.54 mm pitch: this feature make it easy the usage of custom, home-made daughter boards.
The board have two options for using onboard dsPIC (R) DSC micro-controllers: dsPIC (R) DSC controller welded on the board surface, and a socket for installing the micro-controller through the interchangeable Plug-In Modules (PIMs) available from Microchip. The availability of the latter option allows the developer to forget any limit on the number of programming cycles during the implementation/test/debugging phases: a new PIM can be installed on the socket in case of any problem to the older one. The FLEX Base Board is available in two versions:
Full version, showed here.
Light version, showed here:
The connectors are fully compatible between Full and Light Versions, so that an application developed with the Full Version can be easily moved to the Light Version and vice-versa, i.e., without any modification to the control program.