6LoWPAN clicker

6LoWPAN clicker is a compact development board with a mikroBUS™ socket for click board connectivity. It carries Microchip’s PIC32MX470F512H - 120 MHz/150 DMIPS, MIPS32® M4K® core microcontroller. And CA-8210 2.4GHz ISM band transceiver, which allows you to add wireless communication to your project.

Note: the batteries you see in the picture are not included in the package.

Everything you need to get started

This compact development board brings the flexibility of click boards to your favorite microcontroller, making it a perfect starter kit for implementing your ideas.

The board features everything you need to get started: a 32-bit PIC32MX microcontroller, CA-8210 2.4GHz transceiver, micro USB connector, two LEDs and push buttons, ON/OFF switch, and headers for interfacing with external electronics.

CA-8210 transceiver features

The CA-8210 is a fully featured transceiver modem solution for IEEE 802.15.4 communications in the 2.4GHz ISM band.

The device is based on a revolutionary radio architecture, which delivers improved receive performance for no penalty in power consumption.

PIC32MX470F512H microcontroller features

The 6LowPAN click comes with the PIC32MX470F512H microcontroller. This 32-bit MIPS M4K core high-performance microcontroller is rich with on-chip peripherals and features 512 KB of Flash memory and 128 KB of RAM.

Hundreds of possibilities with click boards™

Take advantage of the constantly expanding range of over 300 click boards™ - the onboard mikroBUS™ socket allows you to add new functionality to your project. Each click board™ comes with a set of working example code.

Programming

To make your prototyping experience as convenient as possible, 6LoWPAN clicker is preprogrammed with a USB-HID bootloader. Just download our mikroBootloader application and you’re ready to upload your firmware. The on-board mikroProg connector enables programming through external programmer/debugger.

6LoWPAN clicker has a PICkit™ connector on the right side of the board, for Microchip’s Debugger/Programmer.

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