Overview functionality of the Dwengo board

Dwengo Board

53.72€ [VAT excl.]
65.00€ [VAT incl.]

The Dwengo board is the ideal experiment board for young and old, for the beginning hobbyist or the more experienced electro technicus.

This board is built around the popular PIC18F4550. This powerful microcontroller provides the board with the necessary computing power and contains many extras that can be easily addressed, such as USB 2.0 support, PWM-outputs, analogue inputs, ...
Also, the Dwengo board provides push buttons, LED's, motor and servo drivers, an LCD-display, and much more. Click to see an overview of all functionality.

53.72€ [VAT excl.] – 65.00€ [VAT incl.]

The possibilities of the Dwengo board seem endless: handy push buttons, analog inputs, LCD display, USB, everything for motor driving, and so much more... On this page you find a complete overview.

Functionality

General

  • Powerful PIC18F4550 External link microcontroller - 48 MHz
  • Handy programming environment available (Microchip MPLAB External link), possibility of programming on a higher level in C18 External link (ANSI C compatible) as well as in Assembler
  • The smart lay-out of the board provides a large scale of opportunities
  • Universal extansion connector easily allows to extend the board with a breadboard, solder board, network board or a self-made extension board
  • Mounting holes that are compatible with LEGO building blocks for an easy integration with Lego

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Schematics

Download the complete schematics of the Dwengo board.

Power

  • Power connector suitable for 7V to 20V input voltage (Caution: above 10V the voltage regulator may heat up, but the Dwengo board will still function properly.)
  • The board can be powered as well through USB or the programmer
  • When both sources are available at the same time, the board automatically selects the external power source
  • A Power LED indicates if the board has power
  • USB power is secured against short-circuiting through an automatic fuse

Communication

  • USB 2.0 communication build-in, not limited to a virtual serial port
  • Serial port for RS232 communication
  • SPI and I2C hardware-protocol build-in
  • All IO is accessible through the expansion connector

Overview Dwengo board

Display

  • HD44780 External link-based LCD display with 2x16 characters (adjustable contrast) and programmable backlight

Input/Output

  • Five push buttons placed in orderly fashion
  • Eight leds, easily adjusted through one register
  • Four buffered outputs for driving heavy loads (motors, power leds, ...) up to 1.2A for each output
  • The buffered ouputs can switch to the external power source as well as to 5V (setup by using a jumper)
  • Two buffered outputs usable as well as analog outputs through a build-in PWM-module
  • Two servo-connectors at 5V
  • Up to 13 analog inputs can be used by the expansion connector
  • 7 interrupt pins on the expansion connector
  • Possibility to reset by using the reset button or externally using the expansion connector

Miscellaneous

  • Non-used functionality on the board can be powered off through jumpers in order to save power
    (in case of battery power) or to use the ports for other means
  • Take a quick and easy start thanks to multiple tutorials and projects
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