The Explorer 16 board is designed to interface with the MPLAB ICD 2 to provide a complete development platform. The board includes a PIC24FJ128GA010 and a dsPIC33 DSC. The processors can be changed by changing the Processor Interconnect Module, or PIM. The board includes the power supplies, buttons, switches and displays that you would expect in a development board. It also includes a small prototyping area and socket connector for use with Microchip’s PICtail™ Plus daughter boards. At this time two daughter cards are available to quickly enable the Explorer 16 board to connect with a SD/MMC card or to connect to Ethernet through a ENC28J60. There are future plans for additional PICtail™ Plus boards to support Compact Flash (CF), IrDA®, wireless and speech applications. These boards can be used in conjunction with various software libraries to improve your design turn around time.