The MA160014 is a 44-pin PIC18LF45K22 MCU PIM. This PIM plugs into the PIC18 explorer development board (DM183032). Processor plug-In modules are small circuit boards to be used with the various Microchip development boards to evaluate various MCU families. These plug into main processor socket of the development boards so that different microcontrollers can be used for prototyping, demonstration or development. PIC18 explorer board is low-cost demo board for evaluation of PIC18 MCU families. The PIC18 is highest performance 8bit architecture and has three different families, standard PIC18, PIC18 J-series and PIC18 K-series. This single development board supports dozens of the general purpose PIC18 families using various processor Plug-In modules (PIMs). PICtail daughter boards enable many different accessory boards to connect to the PIC18 explorer board for a flexible and complete development environment.