Technological Arts Inc.

Product Info

Originally designed for the popular Micro Mouse annual robot competition, MicroCore-11 is a compact low-cost 68HC11 module with generous amounts of memory and a moderate number of I/O lines, which includes 8 analog inputs. The MCU runs in expanded mode, and external RAM, EEPROM and interface circuitry is included on-board. Combined with the powerful on-chip hardware subsytems of the 68HC11 a lot of features are packed into a 2-inch square board!

The modular design is offered with a broad choice of connector options, for the most flexibility. Probably the most popular connector option is SB, which allows the module to plug vertically into any common solderless breadboard-- just like a DIP chip.

A free Windows-based loader called MicroLoad is used to load your programs into the memory, and the board is compatible with virtually all 68HC11 development tools. We recommend MiniIDE for assembly programming, the Controlord BASIC11 compiler for BASIC, or ImageCraft ICC11 for C programming.

Product Details

• ultra-compact 2" x 2" board
• 52-pin PLCC socket for 68HC11E MCU (sold separately)
• includes 32K EEPROM and 32K RAM
• surface-mount chips for low-profile, high-density design
• 8-channel 8-bit analog-to-digital converter
• all PORT A lines available (pulse accumulator, input captures, output compares)
• four PORT D lines available (SPI)
• all PORT E lines available (8 analog/digital inputs)
• 8 MHz crystal standard
• USB interface retrofit (miniB)
• 5V power supplied by USB or via I/O connector
• reset circuit and pushbutton
• all available port lines/interrupts/reset brought out to versatile 26-pin header
• convenient switches for RUN/LOAD and WRITE PROTECT (EEPROM)
• easy s-record loading using any standard 68HC11 loader (eg. MicroLoad, ICC11, PCBUG11)
• modular design, with versatile connector options offers many configuration possibilities. Click here to view some examples
• prototyping board, backplane, and motor driver boards available
• programmable in Assembler, BASIC, C

What you get:

• this product ships with hardcopy data sheet and schematic diagram
• find data sheets, manuals, and all other resources for this product by clicking on the blue Resources tab, above
• the 68HC11E microcontroller chip is not included; if you need one, buy it separately from the Components category at the left, or get the Starter Package instead

Before you order...
All of our standard connector options are available for this board. The product photo above shows "SB" connector on H1. Please make your choice of connectors before adding this item to your shopping cart. Otherwise, the board will be shipped with the default option (i.e. no connector on H1).