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You can investigate the use of the following three r]ypes of Serial EEPROMS.

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I Microwire

The following n,ilcelldn€ors d€Iic€r are also provided:

I A reset button
I A s-volt regulator
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r A 40-pin ZIF socket for PIC micro MCU (the recommended
provided)
I Ajumper selectable oscillator from 4 MHz to 20 MHz
I An in-circuit progranming/debug connector
: A prototyping area for addilional circuilry
I A l6-switch keypad
: A socket for RS485 intedace (device not included)
: A socket for I2C serial EEPROM (device not included)
I A socket for SPI serial EEPROM (device not included)
I A socket for Microwire serial EEPROM (device not included)
I A socket for real-time clock/serial aflalog to digital converter (devices not
included)
I A socket for Dallas 1620/1820 time and temperature ICs (devices not included)
I An EPIC in-circuit progranming connector for serial, USB, or parallel Fogranrmer

A11 in all a very comp€hensive, well thought out, and useful experimental pladorm
suitable for our investigations.
The board is available assembled, as a kit, or as a bare PCB. The board is
5.5 inch x 5.6 inch.
Not all the features I have mentioned here are completely implemented, but, as
I stated, sockets or PC board pin holes are provided for all of them. You may not
have to make any soldering additions to the board to use the featurcs you are inter-
ested in, but you do have to purchase the additional IC chips ifyou are interested
in their use. The standard version of the board as shipped to you includes the
following

I The assembled boad
I Software diskette
r PDF schematic ofLAB-Xl
I Sample prograns
t Editor softwdre
: Additional suppo( infomation (on the Web site)
r (The 40-pin PIC nicrocontroller is not included.)
I As received, the board is configured to run at 4 MHz.