Overview

With MikroElektronika's UNI-DS3 you can now work with microcontrollers from different manufacturers and families with a single full-featured development system. Simply order the UNI-DS3 development board along with your choice of one or more plug-on MCU cards. The UNI-DS3 provides a convenient and low-cost means to develop for, experiment with and learn about a number of different microcontrollers and currently supports PIC, dsPIC, AVR, 8051, ARM and PSoC devices.

Ordering the UNI-DS3 with optional MCU cards provides everything you need to start developing for, experimenting with or learning about a range of differnet microcontrollers.

By including the programmer on the MCU cards useful I/O devices on the development board, the UNI-DS3 will save you having to waste time trying to set up individual programmers, prototyping boards and I/O devices.

The UNI-DS3's low cost, ease of use, reliability and wealth of built-in features also make it an excellent platform for the teaching of microcontrollers in colleges and universities.

Features

• Connector for optional MCU modules (ordered separately, see below).
• 72 LEDs show status of the MCU's I/O lines.
• 72 pushbutton switches to simulate digital inputs.
• Character LCD interface (16x2 character LCD included).
• Graphic LCD interface (128x64 graphic LCD included).
• RS-232 port with DB9 connector.
• RS-485 interface.
• CAN interface.
• Ethernet communications based on Microchip ENC28J60.
• MMC/SD card slot.
• PCF8583 real-time clock with battery backup.
• All I/O lines are available for easy off-board expansion.
• Pull-up or pull-down port defining.
• Power supply can be by USB or optional AC/DC power adapter.
• Large range of optional interface boards available.

Using the UNI-DS3

The UNI-DS3 is incredibly easy to set up and use. Simply plug your chosen MCU card into the UNI-DS3 Main Board's card connector and connect to the USB port of your PC using the lead provided. Windows will prompt you to install a driver from the supplied CD-ROM. The microcontroller that comes fitted to the MCU card is pre-programmed with a demonstration program that runs immediately. You can then install the appropriate programming software, also on the CD-ROM, and reprogram the microcontroller with any of the included pre-compiled example programs to try out the board's I/O features and get a taste of the sort of projects that you can develop.

To write your own programs, you can use any make of assembler or compiler that generate HEX files for your chosen microcontroller. However use of mikroElektronika's mikroBASIC, mikroC and mikroPascal compilers is recommended for use with PIC, dsPIC, AVR and 8051 microcontrollers as these come with library routines that support all the UNI-DS3's built-in I/O devices and MikroElektronika's optional interface boards, as well as allowing for use of the PIC and dsPIC MCU card's mikroICD in-circuit debuggers. Demonstration versions of these three compilers are included, which enable you to write programs up to 2K in size.

Your programs can make full use of the UNI-DS3's I/O devices and any that are not required can be disabled by way of clearly labelled jumpers and DIP switches. MikroElektronika's range of optional interface boards can be fitted to the UNI-DS3 and it is also straightforward to connect your own circuits as all of a microcontroller's I/O lines are available on nine 10-way IDC headers.

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Specifications

The following list gives the microcontrollers currently supported by the UNI-DS3 in numerical order.

With PIC40 MCU card
PIC16F877A, PIC16F887, PIC18F4520, PIC18F4550, PIC18F4580

With PIC80 MCU card
PIC18F8520

With dsPIC MCU card
dsPIC30F6014A

With AVR MCU card
ATmega128

With 8051 MCU card
AT89S8253

With ARM MCU card
LPC2148

With PSoC MCU card
CY8C27643

Package Contents

• UNI-DS3 development board.
• USB programming/power cable.
• Printed user manuals.
• CD-ROM containing programming software, drivers and example programs.