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Curiosity Development Boards
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Summary
Your next embedded design idea has a new home. Our
Curiosity Development Boards oer a cost-eective, fully
integrated Microcontroller (MCU) development platform
targeted at rst-time users, makers and those seeking a
feature-rich rapid prototyping board. Designed from the
ground up to take full advantage of Microchip’s MPLAB®
X and MPLAB Xpress Integrated Development Environments, the Curiosity platform includes an integrated
programmer/debugger and requires no additional
hardware to get started. There are several Curiosity
Development Boards to choose from, support-ing 8-,
16- and 32-bit PIC® MCUs and 16-bit dsPIC33 DSCs.
Your Tool for Funcon Enablement
The Curiosity Development Boards are the perfect platforms to
harness the power of modern 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC MCUs and
16-bit dsPIC33 DSCs. Their layout and external connections
oer unparalleled access to the advanced peripherals on many
newer PIC MCUs and dsPIC33 DSCs. These peripherals enable
you to integrate various system functions onto a single MCU,
simplifying your design and keeping system power consumption and BOM cost low.
Internet of Things (IoT) Ready
Do you have an IoT design idea? These Development Boards
can help you make your IoT design idea a reality. Out of the box,
these boards oer several options for user interface—including
physical switches, mTouch® capacitive sensing and on-board
potentiometers. A full complement of accessory boards is available via the MikroElectronika mikroBUS™ interface footprint. In
addition, some members of the Curiosity Development Board
family include Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® connectivity.
Share Your Curiosity
Do you need a few ideas on architecting your next design?
The Curiosity Development Boards are the perfect tools for
sharing and acquiring new design ideas. To spur creativity,
Microchip oers a series of examples, complete with bill of
materials, user code and application notes. These helpful
design tips can be found at www.microchip.com/curiosity. We
also encourage you to join the Microchip forums, share your
ideas and become part of the community.
Key Features
The Curiosity Development Boards give you more value for
your money. They can be operated as an all-in-one development platform, or you can customize them to suit your
individual needs.
• One development platform that supports 8-, 16- and
32-bit PIC® MCUs and 16-bit dsPIC33 DSCs
• Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface
• Integrates seamlessly with MPLAB X IDE,
MPLAB Code Congurator and MPLAB Harmony
• Various user interface options: mTouch buttons, analog
potentiometer, physical switches and RGB LEDs
• mikroBUS support with over 500 MikroElectronika add-on
click boards™ available
Compable with MPLAB Xpress IDE
Getting started with your Curiosity Development Board is
easy. Navigate to the MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE to begin
developing your project at http://mplabxpress.microchip.com.
MPLAB Xpress contains the most popular features of our award-winning MPLAB X IDE. This
simplied and distilled application is a faithful
reproduction of our desktop-based program
that allows an easy transition between the
two environments. MPLAB Xpress is a perfect starting point
for new users of PIC MCUs—with no downloads, no machine
conguration and no waiting to get started on your system
development.
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8-bit
32-bit
Curiosity Development Board (DM164137)
The original Curiosity Development Board continues to be
one of our most popular development boards. The Curiosity
Development Board is designed to support 8-, 14- and 20-pin
8-bit PIC MCUs with low-voltage programming capability.
Curiosity High Pin Count Development Board (DM164136)
The Curiosity High Pin Count (HPC) Development Board
supports 8-bit PIC MCUs in an expanded range of pin counts.
With two DIP sockets on board, the Curiosity HPC Development Board is designed for development with 28- and 40-pin
PIC MCUs with low-voltage programming capability.
16-bit
PIC24F LCD Curiosity (DM240017) and PIC24F LCD and
USB Curiosity (DM240018) Development Boards
These development boards oer cost-eective, fully integrated development boards that facilitate you to explore
segmented LCD and USB connectivity. These boards oer the
perfect platform to harness the power of PIC24FJ512GU410
and PIC24FJ128GL306 low power microcontrollers. Their lay-
out and external connections oer unparalleled access to the
Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) and allow you to explore
the power saving modes and measure the device current.
PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board
(DM240016)
The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board is a lowcost platform with an integrated programmer and debugger
and oers easy expandability with two mikroBUS interfaces
to utilize click boards™ for customizing your application. This
board features the PIC24FJ256GA705 eXtreme Low Power
(XLP) MCU.
dsPIC33CH Curiosity Development Board (DM330028-2)
and dsPIC33CK Curiosity Development Board (DM330030)
dsPIC33CH and dsPIC33CK Curiosity Development Boards are
cost-eective development and demonstration platforms for
the dsPIC33CH family of dual-core and the dsPIC33CK family
of single-core high performance digital signal controllers
respectively. These boards include an integrated programmer/debugger and require no additional hardware, making
it a perfect starting point to explore the dual-core and the
single core DSCs.
Curiosity PIC32MZEF Development Board (DM320104)
The Curiosity PIC32MZEF Development Board is a fully
integrated 32-bit development platform featuring the highperformance PIC32MZ EF Series (PIC32MZ2048FM) MCU with
2 MB Flash, 512 KB RAM, integrated FPU, crypto accelerator
and excellent connectivity options including an integrated
MRF24WN0MA Wi-Fi module.
Curiosity PIC32MX470 Development Board (DM320103)
The Curiosity PIC32MX470 Development Board highlights
the capabilities of PIC32MX MCUs (PIC32MX470512H) with
120 MHz clock speed, an on-chip full-speed USB interface
and multiple expansion options. In addition to the standard
mikroBUS sockets, this board has a footprint for the BM64
Bluetooth Module for Bluetooth audio and Bluetooth Low
Energy application development.
Curiosity PIC32MM Development Board (DM320101)
The Curiosity PIC32MM Development Board features the new
XLP PIC32MM "GPL" family (PIC32MM0064GPL036) of lowcost MCUs. This board is a simple and easy-to-use platform
that facilities quick PIC32MM evaluation, experimentation
and application prototyping. Due to its eXtreme Low Power,
low cost and expansion capabilities, this board is ideal for
developing battery-operated applications, portable medical
monitoring devices and IoT sensor nodes.
Curiosity PIC32MM USB Development Board (DM320107)
The PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board features the
new eXtreme Low Power (XLP), PIC32MM “GPM” family of low
cost microcontrollers. This board is a simple and easy to use
platform that facilitates quick PIC32MM GPM evaluation, experimentation and application prototyping. The board features 2
MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ expansion interfaces that gives the
user access to add-on click boards™, a USB micro B connector
for USB device applications and two X32 Interfaces that facilitates access to the PIC32 Audio Codec Daughter Card making
this an ideal evaluation board for audio noise cancellation, USB
headphones, hi-resolution audio, Bluetooth audio and other
general purpose applications.
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