WiFi Development Board With Arduino Compatible Programming Interface

Posted by Industry News on Apr 11th 2016

The chipKIT™ Wi-Fire board enables rapid prototyping with Microchip’s latest PIC32MZ architecture and Imagination Technologies' Flow Cloud Internet connectivity development software. The chipKIT™ WF32™ by Digilent is an easy-to-use platform for developing Wi-Fi ^® applications. As with other chipKIT boards, it uses a modified version of the original Arduino^® IDE for compatibility with existing code examples, tutorials and resources. Also compatible with MPLAB^® X IDE.

The WF32 includes several peripherals on board, including Wi-Fi radio module, USB OTG (host or device) interface, microSD™ card slot, buttons, LEDs, potentiometer and lots of extra I/O. A full-featured HTML server application is available by download. Can be powered by USB, or an external power supply.

PIC32MX695F512L processor with 512K Flash, 32K RAM
Up to 80 MHz operating speed
MRF24WG0MA Wi-Fi module
microSD card connector
USB 2.0 OTG interface
Four user LEDs, two buttons
42 available I/O lines

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Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers - Principles and Applications

PIC microcontrollers are used worldwide in commercial and industrial devices. The 8-bit PIC, which this book focuses on, is a versatile work horse that completes many designs. An engineer working with applications that include a microcontroller will no doubt come across the PIC sooner rather than later. It is a must to have a working knowledge of this 8-bit technology.

This book takes the novice from introduction of embedded systems through to advanced development techniques for utilizing and optimizing the PIC family of microcontrollers in your device. To truly understand the PIC, assembly and C programming language must be understood. The author explains both with sample code and examples, and makes the transition from the former to the latter an easy one. This is a solid building block for future PIC endeavors.

New to the 2nd Edition:

Includes end of chapter questions/activities moving from introductory to advanced
More worked examples
Includes PowerPoint slides for instructors
Includes all code snips on a companion web site for ease of use
A survey of 16/32-bit PICs
A project using ZigBee
Covers both assembly and C programming languages, essential for optimizing the PIC
Amazing breadth of coverage moving from introductory to advanced topics covering more and more complex microcontroller families
Details MPLAB and other Microchip design tools

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