Contents
- BV513 The BV513 use and diagrams
- BV513-Mini Cut down version of the BV513
- Specifications
- Port Diagrams pdf and html port diagrams
- Resources Useful links
- SD Card Adding a second SD Card
- Upgrade How to install new firmware
Special note about SD Cards
The BV513 uses the SPI interface and manufacturers are not obliged to support this on the Micro SD format and so Micro cards without this support will not work. The following cards have been tested to work:
2GB SD Sandisk
1GB SD Sandisk
1GB SD Samsung
1GB SD Samsung
1GB SD Kingston
512MB SD FAT16 Branded 'Nokia'
All normal format (larger) SD cards do support the SPI interface and so if the BV410 (SD Socket) is used as drive b: then is should work with all cards.
Hardware
Mini Version
BV513 Normal Version
Short Description
The BV513 is a platform for the PIC32 Microcontroller with built in SD Card interface, operating system and PIC32-Basic. The BV513 now comes without sockets fitted but with a socket pack. Using the pack some of the possible options are shown below.
- Experimenters; this board has turned pin sockets facing up so that wire can be plugged into the connector and then to a breadboard. The connectors can also take similar sockets to form a more permanent arrangement.
- Pluggable; this has sockets facing downwards that are designed to go into dual pin head connectors. The sockets are arranged in a 0.1" grid so that the board can be mounted on a standard proto-board.
Experimenters
The experimenters option is designed for just that, experimenting. The sockets used conveniently take breadboarding wire without the need for soldering which is ideal for mocking up prototypes. The sockets can still be used if necessary in an application by using the same type of socket.
To build this version the 2x32 turned pin sockets need cutting into 8x8 way sockets. The best way to do this is to score the intersection where the cut is required and carefully break it with the fingers.
Here for example this has been built into an application, the connections being made by piggy backing the same connectors on top of each other.
Pluggable
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A pluggable board can be made as shown, four 8x2 sockets mounted on the underside. this is ideal for plugging into a mother board. The pictures show that the 8 way x 2 row pinhead connectors are ideal for an application