Microchip has announced the availability of a PIC32 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)-based robotics development kit through Digilent. The Digilent Cerebot 32MX4 robotics development kit addresses the growing interest in robotics applications in the academic and hobbyist markets. The board that ships with the kit can control up to eight servos and three DC motors using Digilent PMOD H-bridge modules. The kit comes with a free version of Microchip’s MPLAB C Compiler for PIC32 and an integrated programming/debugging circuit that is compatible with the free MPLAB IDE.
The Cerebot 32MX4 board has numerous I/O connectors and power supply options, including USB power, giving users the flexibility to utilise it for a variety of robotics applications. The onboard PIC32 MCU operates at 80 MHz, and features 512 KB of Flash program memory and 32 KB of RAM memory. It also has numerous peripherals such as USB On-The-Go (OTG), host and device controller, timer/counters, serial-interface controllers, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and more. The board inside the kit features two pushbuttons, four LEDs, eight connectors for RC servos and nine connectors for the Digilent PMOD peripheral modules, including H-bridges, ADCs and DACs, speakers, switches, converters for easy connection to RS232, servo motors and more. The built-in programming and debugging circuit eliminates the need for hobbyists and academia to purchase a separate debugger or programmer.
Example applications for the kit include university robotics competitions, senior capstone projects, robotics workshops for educators, and numerous other academic and hobbyist projects.
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