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Some questions before buying !

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Hello !

I have now the budget to buy Flowcode 6 pro for PIC24 and dsPIC because I have a project to work with.
But, I have some questions before buying to be sure that the new release works as explained in the commercial brochure.

For this project, I would like to really try the dsPIC33EP family and what i'd like to know is if some peripheral/component are working well with this family :

I have to use CAN : the internal CAN component works well ?
I have to use i2c master and slave : hardware slave and master I2C works well ?
Same question for the PWM component ?

The exact chip I would like to use is the dsPIC33EP512GM604 but I don't find this one in the datasheet : Do you think it is possible to add a this MCU ?
This one is very interesting because you can have up to 4 uart in only 44 pins package with all the dsPIC33EP advantages !

Thank you for your help.

I can't wait to play with Flowcode 6 !

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Im sure the matrix team can do something about this, If you ask them if they can support this chip, then they would probably would look into this and let you know if they are going to ore not.

The PWM component works like it should, so no problem there.

I hope this is the information you are after, if not let me know.

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If I'm not mistaken there is currently no support for I2C slave, only I2C master.

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Then the TS must be mistaken because he claims the I2C master & Slave are working in hardware.
Ore am I missing something.

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Mathy wrote:Hello !
For this project, I would like to really try the dsPIC33EP family and what i'd like to know is if some peripheral/component are working well with this family :

I have to use CAN : the internal CAN component works well ?
I have to use i2c master and slave : hardware slave and master I2C works well ?
Same question for the PWM component ?
I think he wants to know if hardware I2C slave and master works well.

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The current release of FC6 does NOT provide an I2C slave component.
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Post by Mathy »

Hello,

Thanks to all of you for your time.
The I2C slave component is listed on the commercial brochure so maybe MM forgot to remove it from the datasheet or include it in their todo list.
By "hardware I2C", I meant I2C component configured in hardware and not software mode.

Thank you again for your help, I will wait for a MM team member for my other questions :)

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