MRF24WN0MA PICtail_PICtail Plus Daughter Board Information Sheet.

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MRF24WN0MA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board

Information Sheet
Overview
The MRF24WN0MA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a development and
demonstration board for evaluating Wi-Fi connectivity using PIC microcontrollers and
the MRF24WN0MA module.

Features
MRF24WN0MA Wi-Fi module with 802.11n connectivity
Daughter board supports PICtail and PICtail Plus connectors.

Getting Started
Americas

Asia/Pacific

Atlanta, GA - 678-957-9614
Austin, TX - 512-257-3370
Boston, MA - 774-760-0087
Chicago, IL - 630-285-0071
Cleveland, OH - 216-447-0464
Dallas, TX - 972-818-7423
Detroit, MI - 248-848-4000
Houston, TX - 281-894-5983
Indianapolis, IN - 317-773-8323
Los Angeles, CA - 949-462-9523
New York, NY - 631-435-6000
Phoenix - 480-792-7200
San Jose, CA - 408-735-9110
Canada - Toronto - 905-673-0699

Hong Kong - 852-2943-5100

Australia - Sydney - 61-2-9868-6733
China - Beijing - 86-10-8569-7000
China - Chengdu - 86-28-8665-5511
China - Chongqing - 86-23-8980-9588
China - Dongguan - 86-769-8702-9880
China - Hangzhou - 86-571-8792-8115
China - Hong Kong SAR - 852-2943-5100
China - Nanjing- 86-25-8473-2460
China - Qingdao - 86-532-8502-7355
China - Shanghai - 86-21-5407-5533
China - Shenyang - 86-24-2334-2829
China - Shenzhen - 86-755-8864-2200
China - Wuhan - 86-27-5980-5300
China - Xiamen - 86-592-2388138
China - Xian - 86-29-8833-7252
China - Zhuhai - 86-756-3210040
India - Bangalore - 91-80-3090-4444
India - New Delhi - 91-11-4160-8631
India - Pune - 91-20-3019-1500
Korea - Daegu - 82-53-744-4301
Korea - Seoul - 82-2-554-7200
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 60-3-6201-9857
Malaysia - Penang - 60-4-227-8870
Philippines - Manila - 63-2-634-9065
Singapore - 65-6334-8870
Taiwan - Hsin Chu - 886-3-5778-366
Taiwan - Kaohsiung - 886-7-213-7828
Taiwan - Taipei - 886-2-2508-8600
Thailand - Bangkok - 66-2-694-1351

Europe
Austria - Wels - 43-7242-2244-39
Denmark - Copenhagen - 45-4450-2828
France - Paris - 33-1-69-53-63-20
Germany - Dusseldorf - 49-2129-3766400
Germany - Karlsruhe- 49-721-625370
Germany - Munich - 49-89-627-144-0
Italy - Milan - 39-0331-742611
Italy - Venice - 39-049-7625286
Netherlands - Drunen - 31-416-690399
Poland - Warsaw - 48-22-3325737
Spain - Madrid - 34-91-708-08-90
Sweden - Stockholm - 46-8-5090-4654
UK - Wokingham - 44-118-921-5800

07/14/15

Microchip Technology Inc. 2355 West Chandler Blvd. Chandler, AZ 85224-6199

www.microchip.com
The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo, PIC and MPLAB are registered trademarks of Microchip
Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are property
of their respective companies.
2015, Microchip Technology Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
DS50002402A

To get started, an Explorer 16 or PIC32 Starter Kit with PIC32 I/O Expansion board can
be used. Alternatively, PIC32 MEB2 board can be used. Please make sure to select the
PIC32 with sufficient flash and RAM memory to be able to run the TCP/IP stack and your
application. With the appropriate hardware available, download Microchip TCP/IP Stack
and follow the Getting Started chapter of the TCP/IP Stack Help.

TCP/IP Stack and Firmware

The Microchip TCP/IP stack and other firmware examples can be downloaded with the
MPLAB Harmony framework at www.microchip.com/harmony. Support for the
MRF24WN0MA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is in the TCP/IP Stack version 1.06
and later. After installation, a link to the TCP/IP Stack Help is available in the Start Menu.
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TABLE 1:
Function

SIGNAL INTERFACE
I/O

PICtail Pin

PICtail Plus
Pin

Description
SPI Chip Select

SPI_CS/MODE

RC2/24

RB2/1

SPI_CLK

RC3/12

RF6/3

SPI Clock

SPI_MISO

RC4/10

RF7/5

SPI Data Out from MRF24WN0MA

SPI_MOSI

RC5/8

RD0/7

SPI Data In to MRF24WN0MA

SPI_INT

RB0/27

RE8/18

Open Drain Interrupt Signal to

Microcontroller

HIBERNATE

RB2/23

RF1/30

Hibernate Signal to MRF24WN0MA

Wireless Router Configuration

The Microchip TCP/IP stack examples are written to interface to a wireless router with
the following configuration:
SSID:
MicrochipDemoAP
Channel: 1, 6, or 11
Security: Disabled
This configuration can be changed by use of MPLAB Harmony Configurator (MHC).

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MRF24WN0MA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Schematic

GND
J1

RB2/SS1/AN2

RF2/U1RX_E

SPI_CLK

RF6/SCK1

RF3/U1TX_E

SPI_MISO

RF7/SDI1_E

RG2/SCL1

RD0/SDO1_E

RG3/SDA1

GND
RB0/AN0

RB1/AN1

12

13

RB3/AN3

RB4/AN4

14

GND

16

RE8/INT1

18

RD15/U1RTS_E

20

3.3V

22

5V

24

9V

26

RF0

28

5V

25

9V

27

RG0
RG1

RF1

30

0402

RE2

RA5

RE3

RA4

RA7/OSC1

RA3

R6

RA6/OSC2

RC5

SPI_MOSI

RC7

RC4

10

SPI_MISO
SPI_CLK

JP1

RC6

RC3

12

13

RB7

RA0

14

15

RB6

RA1

16

17

RB5

RA2

18

19

RB4

RC0

20

RB3

RC1

22

23

RB2

RC2

24

HDR-2.54 Male 1x1

25

RB1

27

RB0

DO NOT POPUL ATE

REG_3V3
TC1262-3.3VDBTR

VDD_3V3

T ab

Vout
GND

Vin

C13

4.7uF
6.3V
0402

4.7uF
6.3V
0402

GND

18pF 0402
50V

GND

10V
0402

12MHz

VDD_3V3

18

28

NC
NC

GND

37

29

GND

36

GND

34

GND

27

GND

24

G1

GND

16

G2 GND

GND

GND

NC

33

NC

0.1uF
10V
0402

GND

C9

NP

NC

4.7uF
6.3V
0402

+5V

0402

J3

USB MICRO-AB Female

1
VBUS
2
D3
D+
4
ID
5
GND
GND

C11
1000pF
25V
0402

G3

SGND1

R12

GND

1M
0402
5%

GND Island

GND

NC

GND

37

GND

36

GND

VDD

35

VDD

GND

34

NC

NC

33

NC

NC

32

NC

NC

31

NC

NC

30

NC

NC

29

10

NC

NC

28

11

NC

GND

27

12

NC

NC

26

13

SPI_CLK

NC

25

14

SPI_MISO

GND

24

M1 Reference
MRF24WN0MA/MB

16

12

0.1uF
10V
0402

11

CT S

GND

C31

10

RX

C30

VBUS
DD+
ID
GND

SPI_MOSI

GP1/USB-CFG

USB MICRO-AB Female

1
2
3
4
5

SPI_CS/MODE 1

GP0/SSPND

13

GP2

J18

VDD_3V3
14

MODE 0

D+

V DD

15

23

GP4

MCP2200 QFN-20

D-

GP5

5
U2

V SS

19

4
GND

17

18

GP6/RxLED

0402

VUSB

GP7/TxLED

OSC2

20

U2_GP7

RST

TX

0.1uF
10V
0402

GP3

C29

470R
0402
5%

17

TEST

NC

C6

C28-NP

U2_20

R30

0.1uF

OSC1

GND

C24

RTS

0402

GND

C23

C27

TEST

NC

2.2uF

C12

GND

NC

26

NC

VDD_3V3

DO NOT POPULATE

GND

18pF 50V

SPI_CS/MODE1

25

32

0.1uF

0.1uF
10V
0402

C14

0402

U1

10k
0402
1%

23

31

C5

VDD_3V3

10V

28

+5V

SPI_MOSI

30

10V 0402

C8

MRF24WN0MA/MB

GND

VDD_3V3

MODE0

GND

HDR-2.54 Male 2x14

X2

SPI_INT

22

SPI_CS/MODE1

26

C7

21

HDR-2 Male 1x2

0402

C4

20

SPI_I NT

GND

JP2

VDD

GND

21

V_VAR

SPI_CS/MODE1

10k
0402
0.5%

Shunt 2.54mm 1x2

11

R29

HIBERNATE

SPI_INT

35

VDD_3V3

GND

VDD_3V3

22

J4

21

SPI_INT

SPI_MISO

19

SPI_MOSI

HIBERNATE

J2

14

MODE0

GND

VDD

0.1uF

2.2uF
10V

T E ST

GND

SPI_MISO
HIBERNATE

GND

HIBERNATE

15

0402

HIB E R NA T E

C16
2.2uF

SPI_CLK

0402

NC

13

2.2uF

VDD_3V3

10V

NC

12

SPI_CLK

C10

PICTAIL PLUS 30 PIN

VDD_3V3

11

20

29

NC

VDD_3V3

10V

VDD

C2

2.2uF

2.2uF

18

GND

10k
0402
0.5%

NC

10V 0402

C1

0402

10V

10

10k
0402
0.5%

VDD_3V3

NC

19

3.3V

23

SPI_INT

NC

V DD

RD14/U1CTS_E

21

R4

R5

T E ST

2.2uF

19

GND

NC

GND

0402

RE9/INT2

UART0_TX

GND

NC

17

C15

GND

GND

15

17

10V

10

11

15

VDD_3V3

GND

16

SPI_MOSI

10V

M1
5

SPI_CS/MODE1

GND

1000pF
25V
0402

JUMPER TABLE
SGND3

R33

MCP22_RXD

R36

UART0_TX

33R 1% 0402

1M
0402
5%

JP2
Off (open)
On (short)

Status
Normal Mode
Test Mode

GND Island

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