1.5 Prototyping with Development Boards

For most of the hardware development, the Curiosity Development Board (DM164137) was used with a Dual-Inline Package (DIP) version of the PIC16F17146. This microcontroller was selected for its integrated operational amplifier (”op amp”) with internal resistor ladder. Additionally, this family of MCUs has many other hardware peripherals available to implement additional features without external components.