Development Board Microchip DM300023

Detailed Description

This development board provides an easy and economical way to evaluate the dsPIC30F202x/1010 SMPS & Digital Power Conversion family of components and provides an educational and prototyping platform to investigate digital power conversion and digital Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) design. The board includes a socketed dsPIC30F2020 device connected to power devices and circuitry for controlling dual independent low power DC to DC Synchronous Buck Converter circuits as well as support, debug, and communication circuitry.

Features
Board include:

• Socketed dsPIC30F2020 on board connected to power devices and circuitry for controlling dual independent low power DC to DC Synchronous Buck Converter circuits
• Buck converters can operate in Synchronous or Asynchronous modes
• Input voltage range 7V to 15V (nominal 9V)
• User can enable a dynamic output load to investigate transient response
• User potentiometers to simulate application features such as voltage trim, remote voltage sense, voltage tracking, current sharing, etc.
• MPLAB® ICD 2 or REAL ICE support ready
• RS-232 serial channel
• Example software for implementing digital dual synchronous buck converter

Package Contents

• dsPICDEM SMPS Buck Development Board
• Example software, educational material, and documentation on CD

Minimum Requirements

• MPLAB IDE v7.42 or later
• MPLAB ICD 2
• MPLAB C30 v2.03 or later
• dsPICDEMTM SMPS Buck Development Board

Schematic diagram DM300023 - dsPICDEM SMPS Buck Development Board