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Any luck with PIC32 Starter Board + I/O Expansion Board+ USB PicTail
Any luck with PIC32 Starter Board + I/O Expansion Board+ USB PicTail
9/3/08 7:48 AM
Hi everybody,

I successfully built & ran the usb_hid_mouse_device_demo_pic32mx460f512L of the USB demos with the following environment
ICD2=>EXPLORER 16 Dev Board+PIC32MX460F512L=>USB PicTail
When I click on the EXPLORER 16 buttons, the cursor moves, just as expected.

I was not so successful in running the StarterBoard_Mousedemo with the following environment
Pic32 I/O Expansion Board+Pic32 Starter Kit (PIC32MX360F512L)=>USB PicTail to work on the Pic32 I/O Expansion board.
When I click on the Starter Kit buttons, nothing happens.

Any words of wisdom?

Thanks,
Wes
RE: Any luck with PIC32 Starter Board + I/O Expansion Board+ USB
9/3/08 8:51 PM as a reply to mrwes .
I've used the same demo software, but I used it on the PIC32 USB Starter Kit (with PIC32MX460F512L). It worked fine in that configuration. (That is, before I fried my USB Starter Kit.) The software drives the internal USB peripheral of the main MCU, and I used the on-board USB connector.

Looking at the documentation for the USB PICtail, it doesn't have any USB peripheral at all. It relies on the USB in the processor board, and simply provides USB connectors routed to the right pins. It would be redundant with the on-board connectors of the PIC32 USB Starter Kit (if the USB kit connects them to the expansion board connector).

The PIC32MX3* doesn't have a USB peripheral internally, and the demo software apparently doesn't have any compile-time check to make sure it does.

In short, you'll need a PIC32MX4*.
RE: Any luck with PIC32 Starter Board + I/O Expansion Board+ USB
9/4/08 5:34 AM as a reply to mrwes .
mrwes:

Pic32 I/O Expansion Board+Pic32 Starter Kit (PIC32MX360F512L)=>USB PicTail
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Yes as previous you need the PIC32MX4xxx family to use USB as it has the peripheral internal.

You can get the PIM from Microchip for an Explorer16 board (I have a spare USB PIM 4 sale) , or you need to buy the PIC32 USB Starter Kit which has all the connectors etc on it and I believe may be cheaper than the USB PICtail board.

Mike
RE: Any luck with PIC32 Starter Board + I/O Expansion Board+ USB
9/4/08 2:34 PM as a reply to mimemike .
RATS!!! Thanks for verifying.
I didn't see any WARNING or NOTE:
"USB PicTail Plus daughterboard" is an expensive paperweight without a USB PIM or PIC32 USB Starter Board.
Chalk this one up to the school of hard knocks.

Fortunately, I do have the Explorer 16 + USB PIM.
Armed with this knowledge I can move forward and stop beating a dead horse.