Microchip Technology Curiosity Development Board Quick Start Guide

Curiosity Development Board

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Asia/Pacific

Australia - Sydney - 61-2-9868-6733
China - Beijing - 86-10-8569-2100
China - Chengdu - 86-28-8665-5511

Asia/Pacific (C ontinued)

China - Chengdu - 86-28-8665-5511
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Taiwan - Taipei - 886-2-2508-8600
Thailand - Bangkok - 66-2-694-1351

01/27/15

Quick Sta rt Guide

Overview

The Curiosity Develo pment Board layo ut and sc hema tic can be found on the Micro chip
web site:

www.microchip.com/curiosity

This board provides flexibility for experimentation through an application header with
ground (GND) and sup ply v olt age (V
LEDs, mTouch® button and push-button switches, and a variable potentiometer.
Additionally, it features a Bluetooth module footprint and a mikroBUS™ header to
accommodate a variety of plug-in Click™ Boards that can be used in application
development. Curiosity is fully compatable with MPLAB® Code Configurator and
MPLAB X v3.05 or later.

Note: Low Voltage Programming (LVP) must be enabled in MPLAB X.

Board Power-Up

Power is supplied by the USB connector (J2) on the back of the board.

Demonstration Program

After applying power to the Curiosity Development Board via the USB co nnector J2 on
the backside of the board, LED (D7) will automatically turn on. Turn POT1 clockwise to
increase the brightness of the LED (D7) and counterclockwise to decrease its
brightness . Press the push button (S1) to turn on LED (D4) and touch t he mTouch
button (S3) to turn on LED D6.

DD) connections. It also incl udes a set of in dicati on

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Board Layout

The Curiosity Development Board is shown in Figure 1. A PIC16F1619 20-pin
microcontroller is populated in the center of the demo board next to the identification
label U4. The Curios ity D evelopm ent Bo ard ca n als o acc omm odate 14- and 8-pin , 8- bit
microcontrollers in the same socket (U4). The PIC16F1619 is initially connected to the
following compone nt s :

• Push Button (S1)

• Potentiometer (POT1)

• Master Clear Reset Button (S2)

• mTouch Butt on (S3)

• LEDs (D4 – D7)

• mikroBUS Header (J35, not populated)

• RN4020 Bluetooth
The board is flexible and allow s individual ex periments. A pow er and ground head er

(J7), as well as isolation headers (J39, J40, J3 – J6 and J13) are provided to expand
the flexibility of the Curiosity Development Board.

Module

Footprin t (U6, not po pulated)

FIGURE 1: CURIOSITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD LAYOUT

USB Connector

J2 (on back)

Master Clear

Reset BuƩon

S2

mikroBus

TM

Header

RN4020

Bluetooth

Module

Footprint

PotenƟometer

POT1

LEDs

D4-D7

mTouch®
BuƩon S3

Push

BuƩon

S1

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