Note: Touch Screen, Pencil, DS1820, LCD, Serial Cable and GLCD are not included in the price!
Overview
BIGPIC6 is a development system that supports a wide range of 64- and 80-pin PIC MCUs.
Very fast, on-board USB 2.0 programmer with a simplified driver installation.
mikroICD is a hardware tool designed for testing and debugging programs on PIC microcontrollers.
BIGPIC6 allows PIC microcontrollers to be interfaced with a wide range of peripheral devices.
On-board 16-bit I/O port expander MCP23S17 that uses SPI communication.
BIGPIC6 features an on-board Touch Screen controller with a Touch Panel connector.
What's On-Board
Double RS-232 communication with a PC or a microcontroller is performed via DB9 connectors.
System can be configured by means of DIP switches. Each DIP switch configures one part of the system.
Digital thermometer DS1820 measures temperature from -55°C to 125°C. It is connected to the system via socket.
System supports 64- and 80-pin TQFP MCU Cards. It comes with a PIC18F8520.
2 potentiometers are used for testing multiple A/D conversions. Inputs can be configured via jumpers.
USB or external power supply source is selected by moving a jumper. Power supply switch turns the system on/off.
Voltage reference used for A/D converter can be either VCC (5V) or 4.096 V.
All pins are connected to the IDC10 connectors for further expansion.
67 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are used to indicate a logic state of all microcontroller pins.
On-board jumpers are used for pull-up or pull-down port configuration. They are available for all pins.
67 push buttons are used to excite microcontroller digital inputs. They are connected to all microcontroller pins.
DIP switch is used to separate port pins from pull-up/pull-down resistors.
Very fast USB 2.0 programmer with mikroICD. There is no need for connecting the external programmer.
LCD can be easily connected via the on-board connector that is also connected to MCU pins.
LCD Contrast Potentiometer is used for adjusting LCD contrast.
Touch Screen can be connected to the board via the Touch screen connector. There is also a Touch Screen controller.
External power supply can be either DC or AC. The on-board jumper is used for selecting external power supply.
Serial EEPROM 24AA01 can store up to 1Kbit of data and uses I2C communication.
Graphic LCD 128x64 can be connected to the system via the on-board connector linked to MCU pins.
All MCU pins are marked on the back of the board. These marks provide basic information on the pins.
Voltage level to be applied when a button is pressed (GND or +5V) is selected via the on-board jumper.
External ICD connector is connected to PGD and PGC microcontroller pins.
Reset circuit is used to reset the microcontroller. It is connected to the MCLR pin of the microcontroller.
GLCD Contrast Potentiometer is used for adjusting GLCD contrast.
Real-Time Clock (RTC) DS1307 with a battery supply is used to keep track of the current time even when the MCU is off.
Menu Keypad enables easy and fast menu browsing for your prototype device.
Port Expander enables your development system to be provided with more inputs or outputs.
On-Board Programmer and In-Circuit Debugger
3 in 1 Development System - Development System + On-Board USB 2.0 programmer + On-Board mikroICD (In-Circuit Debugger): mikroICD is a highly effective tool for Real-Time debugging at hardware level. It enables you to execute mikroC, mikroPascal and mikroBasic programs on a host PIC microcontroller and monitor variable values, Special Function Registers (SFRs), RAM and EEPROM memory modules while the program is running. There is also an ultra fast USB 2.0 programmer for MCU programming that now supports more PIC microcontrollers.
Windows® Certified Drivers
Drivers for the on-board programmer are Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® Vista and Windows® 7 certified. The Windows certificate is a proof that the programmer supports mentioned Windows operating systems and is immediately recognized by the system, which guarantees correct Plug and Play functionality. Driver certification provides users with a wide range of benefits such as stable functioning, the ability to install and delete drivers without rebooting and compatibility with future versions of Windows.
Supported Microcontrollers
The BIGPIC6 development system supports a wide range of microcontrollers including PIC microcontrollers. Newly released PIC microcontrollers will be supported by a new version of PICFlash software that is updated regularly. Here is a list of microcontrollers supported by the BIGPIC6 development system:
| PIC18 Microcontroller Family | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIC18F8527-PT | PIC18F6620-PT | PIC18F6720-PT | PIC18F6310-PT | PIC18F6410-PT | PIC18F6390-PT | PIC18F6490-PT | ||
| PIC18F6585-PT | PIC18F6680-PT | PIC18F8310-PT | PIC18F8410-PT | PIC18F8585-PT | PIC18F8680-PT | PIC18F8622-PT | ||
| PIC18F8627-PT | PIC18F8722-PT | PIC18F8390-PT | PIC18F8490-PT | PIC18F8520-PT | PIC18F8620-PT | PIC18F8720-PT | ||
Examples
Examples provided with this development system will show you how to connect PIC microcontrollers with other peripheral components or devices and how to develop your prototype device. Each example contains a detailed description of the relevant program including comments. All these examples can be downloaded from this page as well.
- A/D conversion and displaying conversion results on LCD.
- A/D conversion and displaying conversion results on LEDs in binary format.
- AD conversion and sending conversion results via USART.
- Timer 0 and time measurement.
- Measuring temperature with DS1820 and displaying results on LCD.
- Examples of SPI communication.
- Examples of CAN communication.
- Examples of Sound generation.
- Sending and receiving data over Ethernet.
- Sending and receiving data over SPI Ethernet.
- Detection of button pressed on port B.
- Displaying text on LCD.
- Diodes blinking on port B.
- Displaying text and images on Graphic LCD.
- Examples of I2C communication.
- Examples of RS485 communication.
- Examples of sending and receiving data using Manchester Code.
- Examples of Sinusoid generation.
- Examples of SPI Graphic LCD.
- Examples of SPI Port Expander.
- Interrupt upon port B state change.
- Examples of Toshiba T6963 Graphic LCD.
- Touch Screen demonstration example.
- Demonstration of Menu Keypad.
- Measuring temperature with DS1820 and sending data to a PC via serial communication.
- Sending data to a PC via serial communication.
- Creating delay with timer 1.
- Creating delay with timer 2.
- Sending data from PS/2 keyboard.
- One-wire communication with temperature sensor.
- Reading date and time from PCF8583 Real Time Clock.
- Examples of reading and writing data to MMC or CF cards.
Package Details
The BIGPIC6 development system is packed in the protective box along with the relevant documentation and product CD. This box is very resistant to all kinds of damages and shocks. Note: Touch Screen, Pencil, DS1820, LCD, Serial Cable and GLCD are not included in the price. The package contains:
- BIGPIC6 development system.
- BIGPIC6 80-pin TQFP MCU Card with PIC18F8520 Microcontroller.
- USB cable.
- CD with software, drivers and examples in C, BASIC and Pascal.
- Printed documentation that includes: BIGPIC6 Manual, BIGPIC6 Schematic Diagram, PICFlash with mikroICD Manual, mikroICD Manual and Quick Guide for Installing USB Drivers.
This product is shipped with fully functional demo versions of mikroC PRO for PIC, mikroBasic PRO for PIC and mikroPascal PRO for PIC compilers. All demo versions include a hex output limited to 2k of program words. These compilers come with examples for easy prototype development.
Special Offers
This product is available with several special offers. These special offers has been carefully created to suite your needs, no matter if you are beginner or experienced user. Save time, money and get complete development solution. Purchasing one of these offers will get you an significant discount. Following special offers are available for this product:
Accessory Boards
Accessory Boards were designed to allow students or engineers to easily exercise and explore the capabilities of the various microcontrollers with peripheral devices such as: ADC, DAC, CAN, Ethernet, IrDA, MP3, RS485 and many more. Click on the image below to find accessory boards that suits your needs. Note: Accessory Boards are sold separately.
BIGPIC6 User Manual [10.73MB]
BIGPIC6 Schematic [4.39MB]
mikroICD User Manual [2.66MB]
PICFlash User Manual [2.14MB]
Installing USB drivers [420.79KB]
BIGPIC6 Article [5.53MB]
