Introduction
Introduction
The escher is a simple micro-controller board for the use of dsPIC33F128MC708 or any other PIN-compatible PIC with 80 pins like PIC32. The purpose of the board is to interface different hardware boards like escherFET and sensors with partly or fully assembled board.
The board can be interfaced by ethernet over the http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en022889ENC28J60 or one of the serial interfaces from a host and programmed with the ICSP from the ICD2 or any other debugger and programmer, including boot-loader.
It has a jumper-boards for configuration like addressing or using them as dedicated interfaces for testing hardware and four IDC ribbon-connectors each 10, 14 and 2 with 40-pins (IDE-Cables). Here I will describe the main design goals and usages of the board as an example. The board is highly configurable and can be used for many purposes.