QwikFlash Development Kits and Accessories

MICRODESIGNS is pleased to be working with Dr. John Peatman of Georgia Tech by offering assembled QwikFlash development boards and accessories which can be used in an upper-level university lab or class in support of his newest textbook Embedded Design with the PIC18F452 Microcontroller. Click on a link below for additional information. 

QwikFlash Development Kits - Kits combine a QwikFlash board with accessories and optionally an expansion board. 

QwikFlash Development Kit No. 1 (Basic)

QwikFlash Development Board
QwikProto Prototyping Board
QwikBreadboard 400 Solderless Breadboard

Programmed PIC18F452
Wire Jumper Set for Solderless Breadboard
Power Supply
Communication Cable

QwikFlash Development Kit No. 1 (Basic)

What you get:

• Complete QwikFlash product, with expansion header (order no. QF-2)
• Power supply (order no. QF-POWER1)
• Communication cable (order no. QF-COMCBL1)

• Order no. is QF-KIT1; price is $132.00
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The microcontroller at the core of QwikFlash is Microchip's PIC18F452 microcontroller, a member of Microchip's newest microcontroller family, the 18 family. The 18F452 uses flash -- not EPROM -- memory for program storage, so it's quickly and easily programmed without having to be removed from the QwikFlash board. The 18F452 is programmed with QwikBug, Dr. Peatman's microcontroller-resident debugger, which can be used with a terminal emulation program on a PC to create a simple, but real-time, program development and debugging environment without the need for expensive emulators. 

The user can create a program for the PIC in Microchip's free MPLAB development environment and then download the resulting hex file to the QwikFlash board through QwikBug and the terminal emulation program and debug it using QwikBug. While QwikFlash is compatible with Microchip's ICD2 low-cost in-circuit debugger, most users will find that QwikBug is more than adequate for most university lab courses. QwikFlash is provided with a performance verification target application already downloaded into the PIC so the user can watch the PIC work right out of the box. 

The QwikFlash board contains a built-in expansion header that permits it to be easily connected via ribbon cable to a QwikProto or QwikBreadboard 400 prototyping board for implementing lab projects that expand on QwikFlash resources.

If you are handy with a soldering iron and prefer assembling your QwikFlash yourself, you may purchase an unassembled PC board and parts kit, or just the blank PC board alone; see the How to order section.

What you get: 

• QwikFlash board, assembled and tested
• PIC18F452 microcontroller programmed with QwikBug, downloaded with QwikFlash performance verification program and installed on the board
• Three-inch long 2-pin female to female flex cable for use on QwikFlash H1 I/O header
• Four 5/8" spacers attached to the board

• Order no. is QF-2 (with expansion header); price is $119
• Order no. is QF-PARTS2 (unassembled PC board and parts kit); price is $74
• Order no. is QF-QFPCB3.1 (blank PC board only); price is $15
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• Consider ordering an expansion and prototyping board (QwikProto or QwikBreadboard 400)

What you get:

• QwikProto board assembled and tested
• 2.75" 16-pin female to female ribbon cable
• Four 5/8" spacers attached to the board

• Order No. is QF-PROTO1; price is $27
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What you get: 

• QwikBreadboard 400 board assembled and tested
• 2.75" 16-pin female to female ribbon cable
• Four 5/8" spacers attached to the board

• Order No. is QF-PROTO2; price is $37
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• Consider ordering a wire jumper set for use with the solderless breadboard (order no. QF-WIRE1)

What you get:

• PIC18F452 microcontroller programmed with QwikBug and downloaded with QwikFlash performance verification program - supplied in anti-static foam

• Order no. is QF-PIC1; price is $16
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What you get:

• One hundred forty (140) 22 AWG wire jumpers, 10 each of 14 different lengths
• Transparent hard plastic case

• Order No. is QF-WIRE1; price is $12
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• Consider ordering the wire jumper set as part of a development kit  (order no. QF-KIT3)  

What you get:

• Wall-mount 120 Vac to 9 Vdc power supply for North American outlet with 6' (2,8 m) output cable and 2.1 mm power plug.

• Order No. is QF-POWER1; price is $8
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• Consider ordering the power supply as part of a development kit

What you get:

• Six-foot (2,8 m) long 9-pin 'D' female to male cable assembly, molded, with jack screws on both ends

• Order No. is QF-COMCBL1; price is $5
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• Consider ordering the communication cable as part of a development kit

Dr. Peatman's 6th book is the text for an upper-level university course on microcontrollers in an electrical or computer engineering curriculum. It examines the workings of the PIC18F452, a powerful member of Microchip's  PIC18 microcontroller family, in a "learn by doing" environment that incorporates the QwikFlash development board. The book presents an example course and associated lab projects. 

What you get: 

• Embedded Design with the PIC18F452 Microcontroller by Dr. John B. Peatman of Georgia Tech, 2003, Prentice-Hall

• MICRODESIGNS no longer stocks Dr. Peatman's book; to order, visit your local bookstore or browse online.

Microchip University Corner - link to Microchip's web site for additional information about their university program

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