Why would you need one of those boards?

The development, prototype and educational boards offer a ready-to-use solution, so the developer can focus on the software assuming that the hardware is working properly. Several programming examples are included.

Currently we offer the following boards: PVK40 is a stand-alone board to be used with PIC MCU programmers and debuggers, while EduKit84, EduKitBeta and ProtoKit84 are intended for the MU Beta in-circuit emulator.

PVK40 Feature rich development board for the PIC® Flash MCUs - PIC16Fxx, PIC18Fxx and now also for Atmel AVR. Complete with two potentiometers, photoresistor, microphone, support for three types of serial EEPROMs (I2C - 24xx, MicroWire - 93xx, SPI - 25xx), buzzer, LED display, LED, LED bargraph, LCD display support, 8 pushbuttons, IR transmitter and receiver, RS232 converter, socket for UMS3 (USB-to-serial module). Built-in support for In-Circuit Serial Programming and monitoring (SIGMA). > > > NEW OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES FOR PVK40: - AVR4PVK - AVR module with Atmel AVR ATmega64 - SPINET4PVK - Ethernet (10 Mbps) interface module with Microchip ENC28J60

EduKit84 MU Beta controlled PIC16F84A educational board with programmer.

EduKitBeta MU Beta controlled educational board. It comes equipped with four analog channels (A/D converter, analog comparator), two I2C devices (serial EEPROM and thermometer), serially controlled LED display, LED, two pushbuttons, RS232 converter (UART), buzzer (PWM).

ProtoKit84 MU Beta controlled PIC16F84A prototype board with programmer.