Evaluation Board For Headers For ICD Devices

Traditionally, embedded systems engineers use in-circuit emulators (ICE) to develop and debug their designs and then programmers to transfer the code to the devices. The in-circuit debugging logic, when implemented, is part of the actual microcontroller silicon and provides a low-cost alternative to a more expensive ICE. In-circuit debugging offers these benefits: · Low cost · Minimum of extra hardware · Expensive sockets or adapters are not needed · Debugging and programming a production line board is possible However, it has the following trade-offs: · Use of some target system resources such as I/O pins, program memory, data memory, and stack space. As a result, some portions of an embedded application may not be debugged. · Triggering and breakpointing are limited to the built-in capabilities of the in-circuit debugging logic. · The target chip must be running with a clock and a supply voltage. Often an emulator probe can run without external hardware.

• USB (Full Speed 2 Mbits/s) and RS-232 interface to host PC
• Real-time execution
• MPLAB IDE compatible (free copy included)
• Built-in over voltage/short circuit monitor
• Firmware upgradeable from PC/web download
• Totally enclosed
• Supports low voltage to 2.0 volts (2.0 to 6.0 range)
• Diagnostic LED"s (Power, Busy, Error)
• Read/Write program and data memory of microcontroller
• Erase of program memory space with verification
• Freeze-peripherals at breakpoint