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SpectroBUS is the ideal development and proof of concept system for all of your 18-pin PIC MCU embedded needs. You can quickly setup SpectroBUS to test your new idea or concept because you only have to focus your effort on the specific element of the project, not on the support systems that may be needed in order to do your testing.

You can add the required functionality simply by plugging in the appropriate smart device module. Get instant RS232 connectivity with a PC or other serial equipment for data logging or sending commands from the PC to SpectroBUS. User selectable baud rate, number if bits, parity and stop bits mean you can connect to just about any serial equipment, and all of your custom settings are retained in EEPROM until you need to change them. Additionally, SpectroKEY has a forty-eight-byte buffer so you can check for incoming data when your application is ready with no interrupts or polling required.

Add a user interface in no time at all, the SpectroLCD display module can drive any configuration of LCD up to eighty characters, one row of eighty characters, four rows of twenty characters or two rows of sixteen characters etc. Does your LCD have the connector on the top or side? Either way we have the adapter board for it making the connection a snap.
To complete the user interface you may need a keypad or the ability to read switches. How about a device module that lets you read from one to sixteen switches and you don't have to write any code to do interrupts or continually poll for key-presses. When you are ready, simply read the key buffer from the device and process the keystrokes, if any, you will never miss a key press again. SpectroKEY can do all of this and more.

Build your test circuit on a bare prototyping board that plugs into the SpectroBUS development system. These inexpensive boards are high quality two sided PCB's with all PIC signals available and clearly marked. SpectroPRO boards are available in both a single slot width and a double slot width for your larger circuits.

Even the code development cycle is faster, ICSP and the SpectroICSP adapter board connected to the development system allows you to write code, program the device and then run it without having to set jumpers, throw a switch or cycle the power to SpectroBUS, ever.

Okay, let's assume that your project came together flawlessly, just like usual and now you are ready to start the next project. All that's required is to remove whatever device modules you will not be needing, remove the custom circuit(s) and put them in a safe place. If at a later time you need to go back to this or any other previous project you will only need to plug-in the required device modules and your custom circuits, re-program the SpectroBUS with the appropriate firmware. Suddenly you are at the same place you left off, how many other development systems allow you to do that?

You can build all of your commonly used circuits this way, and you will only need to build them once. Once built they can be reused over and over again whenever you need them. No more repetitive testing and debugging, built it once, test it once and use it over and over again.