Microchip picdem series demonstration and development boards microchip dm240001 the explorer 16 development kit provides a low cost modular development system for the demonstration and evaluation of 16 and 32 bit microchip microcontrollers supporting devices from the pic24 dspic and pic32 families a variety of families can be supported via the use of plug in modules included with the board is a pictail plus daughter card connector enabling the use of many expansion boards to enhance the