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EASYdsPIC4
Users Manual

With useful implemented peripherals, plentiful practical

code examples and a broad set of additional add-on
boards (Serial Ethernet, Compact Flash, MMC/SD,
ADC, DAC, CAN, RTC, RS-485, etc.), MikroElektronika
development boards make fast and reliable tools that
can satisfy the needs of experienced engineers and
beginners alike.

MICROCHIP

dsPIC
DEVELOPMENT

BOARD

Software and Hardware

solutions for Embedded World

EASYdsPIC4
KEY FEATURES
1. External power supply from 8 to 16 V
AC/DC;
2. Choose between external and USB power
supply. When powering from your PCs USB
port, you dont need an external supply;
3. Very fast and flexible USB programmer
on board with mikroICD (In-Circuit
Debugger). The key feature is expanability.
By downloading new software, you will be
able to program new MCUs in coming years;
4. You can connect LCD if you need it for your
application in 4-bit mode;
5. RS232 communication port;
6. 4.096V voltage reference is used for working
with A/D Converter;
7. ICD2 connector;
8. PC keyboard connector;
9. For the purpose of presentation all PORTB
pins are connected to potentiometers P1 and
P2 and can be used to measure voltages
set by these potentiometers;
10. If jumper is set to the upper position the pins of appropriate port
are set to logical one (pull-up). If jumper is set to the lower postion, the pins are set to logical zero (pull-down). It is very important to select pull-up for port if you expect logical zero on its
inputs and vice versa;
11. The first four switches on SW1 are used to enable or disable
LEDs connected to MCU pins. Switches 5 and 6 are used to
select SDO line and switches 7 and 8 to select SDI line.;
12. Switches 1, 2 and 3 on SW2 are used to select the SCK line.
Switches 4,5 and 6 are used to select the CS line. Switch number 7 is used to enable the LCD backlight, and switch number 8
to enable the GLCD backlight;
13. Port Expander;
14. Set GLCD contrast according to your display characteristics;
15. You can connect Graphic LCD if you need it for your application or LCD in 8-bit mode;
16. MCU Card sockets
17. 36 buttons enable you to control every pin on your microcontroller;
18. You can choose how to affect pin by pressing button, high
state or low state.

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19. Reset circuit - if the reset button is pressed a hardware reset will
take place (MCU will start executing from the beginning).
20. See all the signals - each pin has a LED;
21. Set LCD contrast according to your display characteristics;
Development board dimensions
Width

250 mm

9.84 Inches

Height

210 mm

8.27 Inches

CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

EASYdsPIC 4
with USB 2.0 PROGRAMMER ICD

CONNECTING THE SYSTEM

page 4

INTRODUCTION

page 5

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

page 6

Switches and their functions

page 6

Jumpers

page 7

MCU card

page 8

Power Supply

page 10

On-board USB 2.0 programmer

page 11

LEDs

page 12

Pushbutton switches

page 14

Graphic LCD

page 16

LCD 2x16 in 4-bit mode

page 17

RS-232 Communication

page 18

LCD 2x16 in 8-bit mode

page 21

PS/2 (Keyboard) connector

page 20

A/D Converter input

page 21

Direct port access

page 23

Port Expander

page 25

ICD2 (In-Circuit Debugger) connector

page 27

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM

The development system box contains the development system, product CD, USB cable,
RS232 cable and this manual.

Step no.1 The first thing to do is to take the system out of the box. Unpack the USB cable and connect it to the PC. Please use USB ports on the back of the PC with direct connection to the
motherboard.

Step no.2 Install the dsPICFLASH programmer and drivers. Start the installation from the product
CD: CD_Drive:\product\zip\dsPICFlash_setup.exe.

Step no.3 After the installation connect the USB cable to the EASYdsPIC4 board. You will be asked
for the dsPICFLASH drivers. Point to them in order to finish the driver installation. They
are placed in the folder:
System_Drive:\Program Files\Mikroelektronika\dsPICFLASH-mikroICD\Driver.NT

Step no.4 Run and use dsPICFLASH as explained in the document dsPICflash with mikroICD
support:
CD_Drive:\product\pdf\dspicflash_manual.pdf.
After these 4 steps, your EASYdsPIC4 is installed and ready for use. You can try to read a
program from the chip or to load an example from the examples folder of mikroElektronikas compilers for dsPIC or from the product CD:
CD_Drive:\product\zip\EASYdsPIC4_examples.zip.

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MICROCHIP

dsPIC
DEVELOPMENT

BOARD

INTRODUCTION
The EASYdsPIC4 development system is a full-featured development board for Microchip
dsPIC microcontrollers. It has been designed to allow students and engineers to easily exercise and explore the capabilities of dsPIC microcontrollers. It allows dsPIC microcontrollers to be interfaced with external circuits and a broad range of peripheral devices, allowing the user to concentrate on software development.
Figure 1 illustrates the development board. On a silkscreen, there are identification marks
next to each component. These marks describe connections to the microcontroller, operation
modes and provide other useful notes. The need for additional schematics is minimized as
all relevant information is printed on the board.
EASYdsPIC4 development board

EASYdsPIC 4
with USB 2.0 PROGRAMMER ICD

Figure 1.

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SWITCHES

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SWITCHES
The EASYdsPIC4 development board features a number of peripherial devices. In order to
enable these devices before programming, you need to check if appropriate jumpers or
switches have been properly set.
Switches are devices that have two positions - ON and OFF, which have a role to establish
or break a connection between two contacts. The EASYdsPIC4 development board has two
groups of switches.
The upper four switches of SW1 are used to enable LEDs connected to PORTB/C,
PORTA/D, PORTE and PORTF. For example, if the switch for PORTB is OFF, all PORTB
LEDs will be turned off. Switches 5 and 6 of SW1 are used to enable SDO(Serial Data Output) and switches 7 and 8 to enable SDI (Serial Data Input).
The first two switches of SW2 are used to enable SCK, switches 3, 4 and 5 are used for
enabling CS (Chip Select) lines. Witches 7 and 8 are used to enable LCD Backlight and
GLCD Backight respectively.

ON

Group of 8 switches

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Figure 2.

Switch 1 is ON, and other

switches are OFF

Switch is ON

Switch is OFF

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JUMPERS
Jumpers, like switches, can break or establish a connection between two points. Beneath the
plastic cover of the jumper is a metal contact, which makes a connection if the jumper is
placed between two disconnected pins.
For example, jumper J16 is used as switch. It is used to connect the 4.096V voltage reference to the microcontrollers RB0 pin. A connection is made when the jumpers are placed
between two contacts.
Figure 3.

Jumper as a switch

Jumper is ON
Jumper is OFF

More often jumpers are used as a selector between two possible connections by using a three
pin connector. As illustrated in Fig. 4, the middle contact can be connected to the left or right
pin, depending on the jumpers position.
Figure 4.

All lines are

disconnected

Left line
is selected

Right line
is selected

Jumper as a
multiplexer

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MCU SOCKETS

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MCU SOCKETS
EASYdsPIC4 is delivered with a PIC30F4013, 40-pin microcontroller. Users can remove
this one and fit a different microcontroller in DIP40, DIP28, DIP28, DIP18 packages. There
are two different sockets for 40-pin MCUs (DIP40A and DIP40B). There are also two sockets for 28-pin MCUs (DIP28A and DIP28B).
For example,PIC30F4013 should be placed in DIP40B socket and PIC30F4011 should be
placed in DIP40A socket.

Figure 5.

MCU sockets

Note: Since all packages have parallel connections, there must not be more than one microcontroller on the board at a time.
Note: If you use DIP28A, DIP40A, or DIP40B MCU socket, use OSC1 oscillator socket. If
you use DIP28B or DIP18 MCU socket, use OSC2 oscillator socket.

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Microcontrollers pins are routed to various peripherals as illustrated in Fig. 6. All ports have
direct connections to Direct Port Access connectors. Such connectors are typically used for
connecting external peripherals to the board or for providing useful points for connecting
digital logic probe.
All ports are connected to LEDs, push-button switches and pull-up/down resistors, which
allow easy monitoring and testing of digital pin state .

J1

PORTB

RB6

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB4
RB5
RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND
OSC1A
X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

DIP28A

DIP28B

C8
22pF

DIP18

MCU SOCKETS

Figure 6.

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T41

RB6

RB3

DIP40A

Reset

RSTbut

RC14

PIC30F4013

VCC

10K

J15

R7

VCC

VCC

C8

RB6

ON

CN1

VCC

SW1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

PB&C LED

100n

PORTB

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC
GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

System connection

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POWER SUPPLY

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POWER SUPPLY

POWER SUPPLY

SELECTABLE

As a power supply source, users can select either a regulated supply from the USB cable
(default) or an external power supply. In case of the USB power supply, the system should
be connected to a PC using the USB programming cable, while the jumper J12 should be
set in the right-hand position.
In the case of an external power supply, the EASYdsPIC4 board produces +5V using an
LM7805 voltage regulator. The external power supply can be AC or DC, with a voltage
between 8V and 16V and the jumper J12 should be set in the left-hand position. In Fig. 7
you can see USB and external power supply connectors.
Figure 8. Power supply select jumper

Figure 7. USB and power supply connectors

J12 in the left-hand
position: system will
take power from the
external AC/DC
power adapter.
J12 in the right-hand
position: system will
take power from the
USB cable.

USB
connector
All lines are disconnected
EXT

USB External Power Supply

EXT

USB USB Power Supply

EXT. line is selected

External power
supply connector

USB line is selected

8-12V (AC/DC)

1
+
DB1
8280C1500

E1
470uF

Vin

Vout
GND
2

5V

1 2 3

CN10

5V
VCC

C14
100nF

E2
470uF

E3
470uF

VCC D- D+ GND

CON2

J16
CON3

REG1
7805

CN6

USB 2.0

USB
Programmer
Connector

Figure 9. JP16 is set to USB power supply

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ON-BOARD USB 2.0 PROGRAMMER

USB 2.0

There is no need for the use of external

equipment during programming as
EASYdsPIC4 development system has
its own on-board USB programmer. All
you need to do is connect the system to
a PC using USB cable. Then, load your
program into the microcontroller via
the dsPICflash programming software
which is supplied with EASYdsPIC4.

IN-CIRCUIT

PROGRAMMER

Figure 10. USB 2.0 programmer

Note: There is no need for reseting MCU after programming. The programmer will reset the
MCU automatically.
VCC

VCC

VCC

D1
BAT43

RB3
RB4
RB5
RB6-PGC
RB7-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND

OSC1A
X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2

C8
22pF

RC14
RA11

R7

RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

X3
8MHz

VCC

GND

C19
22pF

RF0
RF1

MULTIPLEXER

RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3
RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

PGD
RB7-PGD
RB4-PGD
RF3-PGD

RB7
RB4
RF3

TO OTHER MCU SOCKETS

C18
22pF

Reset

mRST

RB6
RB5
RF2

RB11

T41

VCC

C15
100nF

FP1
F.BEAD

CN10
R16 27

USBDN
USBDP

R15 27

TO PERIPHERALS ON
DEVELOPMENT BOARD

VCC D- D+ GND

RC13
C7
22pF

RB6-PGC
RB5-PGC
RF2-PGC

C8

RB10

RSTbut

100n

RB9

RB2

PIC30F4013

RB1

PGC

1K

AGND

R18

RB0

dsPICflash
On-Board USB
programmer

AVCC

10K

MCLR

R6

MULTIPLEXER
mRST

10K

PROGRAM

USB 2.0

USB
Programmer
Connector

Figure 11. USB 2.0 programmer schematic

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LEDs

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LEDs
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are the most commonly used components, usually for displaying pins digital state. EASYdsPIC4 has 36 LEDs that are connected to the microcontrollers PORTB, PORTC, PORTD, PORTE and PORTF.

Figure 12. Light Emitting Diodes

Each group of LEDs can be enabled or disabled using the switch SW1. The first switch
enables LEDs on PORTB and PORTC, the second switch enables LEDs on PORTA and
PORTD. Switches 3 an 4 are used to enable LEDs connected to PORTE and PORTF respectively.
Fig. 13. illustrates the connection of a LEDs connected to PORTB of the microcontroller. A
resistor is used in series with the LED to limit the LED's current. In this case the resistor's
value is 1K.
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The LEDs are enabled when the corresponding switch on SW1 is on. When enabled, LEDs
will display the state of the corresponding microcontroller pin; otherwise the LEDs will
always be off, no matter what the port state is, as no current can flow through LED.

RN6
8x1K

SW1
PE-LED
PF-LED
RB4
RF3
RB5

SPI-SDO

VCC

SPI-SDI

R7

RF2

ON

PA&D-LED

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

PB&C-LED

AGND
RB9

RB2

RB10

RB4
RB5
RB6-PGC
RB7-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND

OSC1A
X1
10MHz

Figure 13.

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OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

RB1

Reset

AVCC

RB0

C8

RB0

RB1

RB2

RB3

RB4

RB5

RB6

RB7

MCLR

RB3

Light Emitting Diodes schematic

10K

100n

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

T41

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

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PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES
EASYdsPIC4 has 36 push buttons, which can be used to change states of digital inputs to
microcontroller's ports. There is also one switch that acts as a RESET. Reset switch schematic is shown in Figure 14.
VCC

RB5
RB6-PGC
RB6-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND

OSC1A
X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

RC14

mRST

Reset

RB11
RB12

T41

RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

X3
8MHz

GND
RF0
RF1

C19
22pF

C18
22pF

RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

dsPICflash
On-Board USB
programmer

RB4

10K

RB10

RB3

R7

RB2

RSTbut

C8

RB9

100n

RB1

1K

AGND

R18

AVCC

RB0

PROGRAM

10K

MCLR

R6

mRST

VCC

VCC

D1
BAT43

PIC30F4013

PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES

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Figure 14. Reset switch schematic

Reset switch Figure 15.

Figure 16.
Pushbutton switches

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Buttons connections to PORTA, PORTB, PORTC, PORTD, PORTE and PORTF are shown
in Fig. 17. Jumper J15 determines whether a button press will bring logical zero or logical
one to the appropriate pin.
When button is not pressed, pin state is determined by the pull-up or pull-down port
jumpers.
In the example shown in Fig. 17, J15 is connected to +5V, therefore pressing the buttons will
bring logical one to the appropriate pins.

RB1

RB9

RD1

RE1

RF1

RB2

RB2

RD2

RE2

RF2

RB3

RB10

RD3

RE3

RF3

RB11

RD8

RE4

RF4

RB12

RD9

RE5

RF5

RB7

RC14

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB3
RB4
RB5

T41

RB7/PGD
RB8

RB5

RC13

AVCC

RB0

RB6/PGC

RB4

RB6

MCLR

RE8

VCC
GND
OSC1A
X1
10MHz

RF6

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

0V while button
is pressed

+5V while button

is pressed

RA11

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

VCC

RC14

PIC30F4013

RF0

VCC

10K

RE0

PORTF

Reset

RD0

PORTE

R7

RB8

PORTD/A

C8

RB0

PORTB/C

100n

PORTB

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1

VCC

VCC
GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

J15

DIP40A

DIP28A

DIP28B

DIP18

MCU SOCKETS

Figure 17.

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Pushbutton switches schematic

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GRAPHIC LCD

GRAPHIC LCD
CONNECTOR

A graphic LCD (GLCD) allows advanced visual messages to be displayed. While a character LCD can display only alphanumeric characters, a GLCD can be used to display messages in the form of drawings and bitmaps. The most commonly used graphic LCD has the
screen resolution of 128x64 pixels. The GLCDs contrast can be adjusted using the potentiometer P3, which is placed to the right of the GLCD. GLCD backlight can also be turned
on or off using the switch 8 of switch group SW2.

ON-BOARD

Figure 18. GLCD schematic

VCC

R23
10

SW2
RB6

Contrast
Adjustment

RF6
RE8
RB7

P3
10K

RB6

Vo

RB5
LCD-BCK

RF0
RF1
RF4
RB0
RB1
RB2
RB3
RD0
RD1
RD2
RD3
RF5

RB4
RB5

GLCD-BCK

ON

VCC

SPI-SCK

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB3

PE-CS

RB4

VCC

RB5
RB6-PGC
RB7-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC

VCC

20

OSC1A

10K

R7

CS1
CS2
GND
VCC
Vo
RS
R/W
E
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
RST
Vee
LED+
LED-

GND

X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2

Reset

C8

mikroElektronika

100n

RC13

T41

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

Vee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GRAPHIC LCD 128X64

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RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

EasydsPIC4
Development system

Figure 19.
GLCD

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LCD 2X16 IN 4-BIT MODE

MICROCHIP

dsPIC

The standard character LCD is probably the most widely used data visualization component. Usually, it can display two lines of 16 alphanumeric characters, each character made
up of 5x8 pixels. The character LCD communicates with the microcontroller via a 4-bit data
bus. The connection to the microcontroller is shown in Fig. 21 where there are only four
data lines. It is important that the LCD is only inserted or removed from the EASYdsPIC4
when the power is off. Potentiomenter P4 is used to adjust the LCDs contrast and switch 7
of switch group SW2 is used to turn on or off the LCDs backlight.

DEVELOPMENT

BOARD

Figure 20.
LCD

VCC
MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND
RB9

RB2

RB10

RB6/PGC

RB7
RB8
RB5
LCD-BCK
GLCD-BCK

ON

RF6
RE8

RB8

Reset

100n

SW2
RB6

C8

RB7/PGD

16

LCD4 Display
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10K

R7

R23
10

RB0
RB1
RB2
RB3

RD1

RB5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GND
VCC
VEE
RS
R/W
E
D0
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
A
K

RB4

VCC
GND

T41
OSC1A
X1
10MHz

SPI-SCK

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

PE-CS

VCC

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

RB1

RB3
VCC

VCC
VEE
RD0

P4
10K

Contrast
Adjustment

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

Figure 21. LCD Schematic

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RS-232 COMMUNICATION
RS-232 communication enables point-to-point data transfer. It is commonly used in data
acquisition applications, for the transfer of data between the microcontroller and a PC. Since
the voltage levels of a microcontroller and PC are not directly compatible with each other,
a level transition buffer such as the MAX232 must be used.
There are two jumper groups J8 and J9 for connecting MCU lines to MAX232 tranciever.
Jumper J8 is used to connect RC14, RF2 or RF4 MCU pin to RX line on RS232 port .
Jumper J9 is used to connect RC13, RF3 or RF5 MCU pin to TX line on RS232 port..

Figure 22. RS232 connector

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PC

Receive
data (Rx)
9

Send
Data (Tx)

CONNECT
MCU TO PC
SERIAL
CABLE

mRST

R7

CONNECT
PC TO MCU

10K

VCC

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

CN12
SUB-D 9p

Reset

C8

RS232
CON

100n

RB3
RB4
RB5
RB6-PGC

T41

RB6-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC

1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5

GND
OSC1A
X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

E12
10uF

VCC
U4

E11
10uF

C1+
VS+
C1C2+
C2VS-

MAX232

E9
10uF

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

T2OUT
R2IN

VCC
GND
T1OUT
R1IN
R1OUT
T1IN
T2IN
R2OUT

RX
J8

16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

RS232
CON

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

RF2
RF4
RC14

TX
RF3

E10
10uF

RF5
RC13

J9

DIP40A

DIP28A

DIP28B

DIP18

MCU SOCKETS

Figure 23. RS232 connector schematic

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PS/2 COMMUNICATION
The PS/2 connector allows direct connection between EASYdsPIC4 and devices that use
PS/2 communication, such as PC, keyboard or mouse. For example, the microcontroller can
be connected to a keyboard to capture pressed keys or it can be connected to a PC to act as
a keyboard. CLK and DATA lines are used for data tansfer. In this case, they are connected
to pins RC14 and RC13 respectively.
Figure 25. Keyboard connected to development board

PS2 connector

Figure 24.

VCC

NC

DATA

J36

10K

R7

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB3
RB4

T41

RB5
RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC

C7
22pF

J37

OSC1A
X1
10MHz

GND
OSC1

OSC1B

C8
22pF

OSC2
RC13
RC14

PIC30F4013

+5V

DATA
NC
GND
VCC
CLK
NC

C11
100n

Reset

CLK

R3
1K

C8

NC

PS2
CONNECTOR

R2
1K

VCC

100n

VCC

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

Figure 26. PS2 connector schematic

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ADC INPUT

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A/D CONVERTER INPUT

EASYdsPIC4 development board has two potentiometers for working with Analog to
Digital Converter (ADC). Both potentiometers outputs are in the range of 0V to 5V. Two
analog signals can be connected on two different analog input pins at the same time. There
are two jumper groups J6 and J7 for connecting MCU lines to potentiometers P1 and P2.
Jumper J6 is used to connect RB0, RB1, RB2 or RB3 MCU pin to potentiometer P1. Jumper
J7 is used to connect RB4, RB5, RB6 or RB7 MCU pin to potentiometer P2.

Figure 27. A-D Converter input

In order to measure analog signal without interference, turn the coresponding switch on
SW1 to OFF position. This will disable connection from the used PORTB pin to the pullup/down resistors.
Applications of A-D Conversion are various. Microcontroller takes analog signal from its
input pin and translates it into a digital value. Basically, you can measure any analog signal
that fits in range acceptable by dsPIC. That range is 0V to 5V.

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RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB4
RB5
RB7-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD

RB8
MC

P1

54

VCC
1

GND
OSC1A

J28

X1
10MHz

VCC

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

GND

VCC

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

R30
100
E14
10uF

RC14

10K

Reset

AGND

C8

AVCC

RB0

PIC30F4013

MCLR

RB3

RB6-PGC

R7

Figure 28. A-D Converter input schematic

100n

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER INPUT

VCC

T41

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5

VCC

RF2

J1
1

Up

RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

2
3

Pull
Down

RB1 3
RB2 4
RB3 5

VCC

RB7

RB5

6
7
8
9

VCC

J7

J6

P1
P10K

RB6

RB4

RB3

RB1

RB2

RB0

RB4
RB5
RB6
RB7

RN1 8X10K

RB0 2

P2
P10K

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DIRECT PORT ACCESS

All microcontroller input/output pins can be accessed via connectors placed along the right
side of the board. Each port (PORTA, PORTB, PORTC, PORTD, PORTE and PORTF) can
be accessed via 10-pin connector (IDC10) providing VCC and GND.

Direct port access connectors Figure 29.

These connectors can be used for system expansion with external boards such as Serial
Ethernet, Compact Flash, MMC/SD, ADC, DAC, CAN, RTC, RS-485, etc. Ensure that the
on-board peripherals are disconnected from microcontroller by setting the appropriate
jumpers, while external peripherals are using the same pins. The connectors can also be used
for attaching logic probes or other test equipment.

Figure 30.
Example of how to connect
external peripheral with flat
cable

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J1
1

VCC

Pull-up line is
connected

2
3

RN1
1
RB0 2
RB1 3
RB2 4
RB3 5

All lines
are disconnected

mRST

6
7
8
9

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB3
RB4
RB5
RB6-PGC
RB6-PGD
VCC

RB3

RB4

RB5

RB6

RB7

RB8

10K

GND
OSC1A
X1
10MHz

Reset

RB2

RB7/PGD

VCC
R7

RB1

C8

RB0

100n

CN1

RB6/PGC

T41

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

Pull-down line
is connected

RB4
RB5
RB6
RB7

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

VCC

HEADER 5x2

Figure 31. Direct port access schematic

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PORT EXPANDER
The MCP23S17 device family provides 16-bit, general purpose parallel I/O exopansion for
SPI applications.
The MCP23S17 consists of multiple 8-bit configuration registers for input, output and polarity selection. The system master can enable the I/O as either inputs or outputs by writing the
I/O configuration bits. The data for each input or output is kept in the corresponding input
or output register. The polarity of the Input Port register can be inverted with Polarity
Inversion register. All registers can be read by the system master.
In order to enable SPI communication you need to select source pins for SDO, SDI, SCK
and CS lines, depending on MCU you are using.
For example, if you are using PIC30F4013 you need to select RF3 pin for SDO line, RF2
pin for SDI line and RF6 pin for SCK line. For CS line, you can choose RB5, RB7 or RB8
pin.

Figure 32. Port Expander

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PE-LED

RB2

RB10

PF-LED

RB11

RB4

RB4
RB5
RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND

C8
22pF

RD1

RF2

1
2

SPI-SDI

3
4
5

GND

RF0

SW2

RF1

RB6

RF4

RF6

RF2

RE8

RF3

RB7

RA11

RF6

RB8

RD9

RD8

RB5

RC14

SPI-SDO

VCC

RF5

OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

RB5

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

LCD-BCK

VCC

GLCD-BCK

ON

OSC1B

RF3

RD0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

X1
10MHz

OSC1

RB12

CN11

8
9

SPI-SCK

10
11
12
13

PE-CS

VCC

14

GPB0

GPA7

GPB1

GPA6

GPB2

GPA5

GPB3
GPB4
GPB5
GPB6
GPB7
VDD
VSS

MCP23S17

RB9

PIC30F4013

PA&D-LED

RB1

ON

PB&C-LED

AGND

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

AVCC

RB0

RB3

OSC1A

SW1

MCLR

CS

DIP28A

DIP28B

GPA3
GPA2
GPA1
GPA0
INTA
INTB
RESET

SCK

A2

SI

A1

SO

A0

VCC

VCC

R6
BAT43
C6
100n

DIP40A

GPA4

28
27

PA0

PA1

PA2

PA3

PA4

PA5

PA6

PA7

26
25
24
23
22
21

VCC

20

HEADER 5x2

19

CN12

18
17

PB0

PB1

PB2

PB3

PB4

PB5

PB6

PB7

16
15

VCC

R1
10K

E4
100uF

VCC

DIP18

MCU SOCKETS

Figure 33. Port Expander schematic

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ICD2 (IN-CIRCUIT DEBUGGER) CONNECTOR

The ICD2 is low-cost In-Circuit Debugger (ICD) and In-Circuit Serial Programmer (ICSP).
ICD2 is intended to be used as an evaluation, debugging and programming aid in a laboratory enviroment.
The ICD2 offers these features:
- Real-time and single-step code execution
- Breakpoints, Register and Variable Watch/Modify
- In-Circuit Debugging
- Target VCC monitor
Figure 34.
ICD2 Connector

Note: There are two jumper groups J10 and J11. J10 connects RF2, RB6 and RB5 pin to
PGC line on ICD2 connector. J11 connects RF3, RB7 and RB4 pin to PGD line on ICD2
connector
PGC
RB5-PGC

R7

RF2-PGC

1
2
3
4
5
6

RB4-PGD

Reset

C8

PGD
100n

RJ12
CONNECTOR

VCC

RB6-PGC

CN23

T41

RB7-PGD

ICD2
Connector

MCLR

AVCC

RB0

AGND

RB1

RB9

RB2

RB10

RB3
RB4

RF3-PGD

J11

RB5
RB6-PGC
RB7-PGD

RB6/PGC
RB7/PGD
RB8
VCC
GND

OSC1A
X1
10MHz

OSC1B

OSC1
OSC2
RC13

C7
22pF

DIP40A

DIP28A

DIP28B

MCU SOCKETS

DIP18

C8
22pF

RC14

PIC30F4013

VCC

10K

J10

RB11
RB12
RD0
RD1
VCC

VCC

GND
RF0
RF1
RF4
RF5
RF2
RF3

RA11

RF6

RD9

RD8

RD3

RD2

GND

VCC

Figure 35. ICD2 Connector schematic

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68HC08
USB programmer

DEV
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USB

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AVR
PS

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Mit eas

RS
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Choose how
pressing the button will affect the
pin, high state or
low state

Reset circuit

See all the signals- each pin

has a LED

You can connect

LCD if you need
it four your application in 4-bit
mode.

Choose between
external or USB
power supply.
With USB power
supply selected,
you dont need
external supply.

Buttons for simulating pins

high state or low state

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External power
supply from 8 to
16 V AC/DC.

COM
PI
8

RS232 communication port

EASYdsPIC4 supports 18-pin,

28-pin and 40-pin dsPIC MCUs

Very fast and flexibile

USB2.0 programmer

Graphic LCD connector

ICD2
Connector

DS PIC

GLCD/LCD contrast

PS2 keyboard
Connector

Development tool for MICROCHIP

Port Expander

SW2 is used for

selecting SCK
an CS lines and
for enabling
GLCD and LCD
backlight

SW1 is used to
turm ON and
OFF the LEDs
and for selecting SDO and
SDI lines

Setting jumper
to the upper
position sets
the pins of the
appropriate
port to logical
one (pull-up). If
jumper is set
to lower position, pins are
set to logical
zero (pulldown)

Pins RB0-RB7
can be connected to
potentiometers
P1 andP2

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