Memory PICtail Plus and PIM Modules Overview Americas Asia/Pacific Europe The Memory PICtail Plus and PIM modules are a series of boards designed Atlanta - 678-957-9614 Australia - Sydney - 61-2-9868-6733 Austria - Weis - 43-7242-2244-39 around Microchip Serial EEPROM devices. The boards are designed to interface Boston - 774-760-0087 China - Beijing - 86-10-8528-2100 Denmark - Copenhagen - 45-4450-2828 Chicago - 630-285-0071 China - Chengdu - 86-28-8665-5511 France - Paris - 33-1-69-53-63-20 with the PICtail Plus connector as well as the MPLAB Memory Starter Kit and the Dallas - 972-818-7423 China - Hong Kong SAR - 852-2401-1200 Germany - Munich - 49-89-627-144-0 PICkit 2. Detroit - 248-538-2250 China - Nanjing- 86-25-8473-2460 Italy - Milan - 39-0331-742611 Kokomo - 765-864-8360 China - Qingdao - 86-532-8502-7355 Netherlands - Drunen - 31-416-690399 Los Angeles - 949-462-9523 China - Shanghai - 86-21-5407-5533 Spain - Madrid - 34-91-708-08-90 Key Features of the Board Phoenix - 480-792-7200 China - Shenyang - 86-24-2334-2829 UK - Wokingham - 44-118-921-5869 Santa Clara - 408-961-6444 China - Shenzhen - 86-755-8203-2660 Follows the published recommended usage for each bus, including Toronto - 905-673-0699 China - Wuhan - 86-27-5980-5300 01/02/08 decoupling capacitors, pull-up/down resistors China - Xiamen - 86-592-2388138 China - Xian - 86-29-8833-7252 PICtail Plus connector and PICkit 2 connector China - Zhuhai - 86-756-3210040 2 India - Bangalore - 91-80-4182-8400 Test points for oscilloscope connections for firmware debugging. (I C and India - New Delhi - 91-11-4160-8631 UNI/O only) India - Pune - 91-20-2566-1512 Japan - Yokohama - 81-45-471-6166 High density, wide voltage range devices mounted to the board Korea - Daegu - 82-53-744-4301 Korea - Seoul - 82-2-554-7200 Getting Started Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 60-3-6201-9857 Malaysia - Penang - 60-4-227-8870 The memory PIM modules allow you to get started right out of the box. By using Philippines - Manila - 63-2-634-9065 Singapore - 65-6334-8870 one of the PIM modules with either the MPLAB Memory Starter Kit or the PICkit 2, Taiwan - Hsin Chu - 886-3-572-9526 you can read and write the Serial EEPROM directly. Many of the application notes Taiwan - Kaohsiung - 886-7-536-4818 written for the PIC microcontroller families will work directly with the correspond- Taiwan - Taipei - 886-2-2500-6610 Thailand - Bangkok - 66-2-694-1351 ing PIM module, by installing the PIM into the PICtail Plus connector on the Explorer 16 Board. The following devices are mounted on the boards. 11AA160 UNI/O 2 24AA512 I C 25AA512 SPI 93AA86B Microwire Microchip Technology Inc. 2355 West Chandler Blvd. Chandler, AZ 85224-6199 www.microchip.com Information contained in this publication is provided only for your convenience and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to ensure that your application meets with your specifications. MICROCHIP MAKES NO REPRESEN- TATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, RELATED TO THE INFORMATION OR RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES, IF ANY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEIR CONDITION, QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PURPOSE. Microchip disclaims all liability arising from this information and its use. Further, Microchip disclaims all liability arising from information and support obtained from www.qwikandlow.com. The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, PIC and MPLAB are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. PICkit and PICtail are trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are property of their respective companies. 2009, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Printed in the U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. 01/09 *DS22128A* DS22128AMemory PICtail Plus and PIM Modules Board Configurations The four boards that make up the kit are shown below: Signal Interface The table below lists the pinouts for the connectors for each of the boards. Table of Pins PICtail Plus Connector PICkit 2 Header SIGNAL 2 2 SPI MW SPI MW UNI/O I C UNI/O I C VCC 21+22 21+22 21+22 21+22 2 2 2 2 VSS 9+10 9+10 9+10 9+10 3 3 3 3 SCIO 8 6 SDA 8 6 SCL 6 5 CS 2 2 1 1 MISO 5 5 4 4 MOSI 7 7 6 6 SCK 3 3 5 5 Other More information can be found visiting the Microchip web site at