8-bit Wireless Development Kit – 2.4 GHz MRF24J40

8-bit Wireless Development Kit – 2.4 GHz MRF24J40 is an easy-to-use evaluation and development platform for IEEE 802.15.4 application designers. This kit includes Microchip’s MRF24J40 transceiver module and also features Microchip’s PIC18 XLP microcontroller family. The kit includes complete hardware needed to rapidly prototype wireless applications. The demonstration kit is pre-programmed with MiWi™ protocol stack and you can find the demo instructions in the user’s guide. To learn more about MiWi wireless protocol, please visit www.microchip.com/MiWi.

The PIC18 demonstration board is equipped with a 28-pin PICtail™ connector to interface with Microchip's wireless transceiver PICtail daughter boards such as MRF24J40MA, MRF89XAM8A and MRF49XA.

Developers can reprogram or modify the PIC18 MCU Flash memory and develop and debug application code all on the same platform.

Note: This kit is not intended for ZigBee^® development. For ZigBee development, please visit www.microchip.com/zigbee

Features

Key features of 8-bit Wireless Development Kit – 2.4 GHz MRF24J40 include:

MiWi stack support – MiWi, MiWi P2P and MiWI Pro

PIC18F46J50 MCU featuring nanoWatt XLP Technology for extreme low power

MRF24J40MA FCC/IC/ETSI certified module with 25AA02E48 EUI Node Identity serial EEPROM on PICtail daughter board

MCP9700A Temperature sensor

LCD display to develop interactive wireless demos (Removable for lower power)

Board can be powered by either AA batteries or 9V power supply or External Power supply or USB

RS-232 Serial Accessory board – for debug purposes

Support other radios – both in 2.4GHz and Sub-GHz frequencies through PICtail connector

Package Contents

Two PIC18 Wireless Development Boards

Two MRF24J40MA transceiver PICtail daughter boards

Two RS-232 Serial Accessory boards

Two LCD Serial Accessory boards

Two Mini B USB cables

Two RS-232 serial cables

Video

Video demonstrating the 8-bit Wireless Development Kit