Classroom/Student-owned MCU Boards

Take your next idea to market with a development board that you can keep in your pocket. With full program and debug capabilities, the ATMega4809 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit offers complete support for your next design.

The ATMega4809 microcontroller (MCU) broadens the effectiveness of real-time control systems with a combination of intelligent hardware peripherals alongside the low-power capacity of the AVR core. Elevate your design with a high-speed ADC, Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs), and on-chip Configurable Custom Logic (CCL).

Use either Studio 7 or MPLAB X IDEs as a magnifying glass to look into your MCU and step through the debug. Free, easy-to-use graphical programming tools, START and MCC, allow you to intuitively program the target MCU.

Key Features

• A board the size of a stick of gum with the power to take your idea to market
• On-board debugger - no external tools are needed to program the ATmega4809
• Flexible 8-bit ATMega4809 MCU is perfect for real-time control (and so much more)
  
  

Take your next idea to market with a development board that you can keep in your pocket. With full program and debug capabilities, the ATtiny1607 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit offers complete support for your next design.

Use either Studio 7 or MPLAB X IDEs as a magnifying glass to look into your MCU and step through the debug. Free, easy-to-use graphical programming tools, START and MCC, allow you to intuitively program the target MCU.

Key Features

• A board the size of a stick of gum with the power to take your idea to market
• On-board debugger - no external tools are needed to program the ATtiny1607
• Flexible 8-bit ATtiny1607 MCU

The Microchip Curiosity Nano Base for Click boards™ evaluation kit is a hardware extension platform to ease the connection between Curiosity Nano kits and extension boards like the mikroBUS Click modules and Xplained Pro extension boards.

The Curiosity PIC32 MX470 Development Board features PIC32MX Series (PIC32MX470512H) with a 120MHz CPU, 512KB Flash, 128KB RAM , Full Speed USB and multiple expansion options. It is an excellent development board for Audio, USB and Bluetooth® Applications.

The Curiosity Development Board includes an integrated programmer/debugger, excellent user experience options with Multiple LED’s, RGB LED and a switch. Each board provides two MikroBus® expansion sockets from MicroElektronika , I/O expansion header and a Microchip X32 header to enable customers seeking accelerated application prototype development.

X32 boards compatible with Curiosity Board are :

PIC32 Audio Codec Daughter Card - AK4642EN (AC320100)


The Board also includes the footprint for BM64 Bluetooth Module which is a Fully-certified, embedded 2.4 GHz Bluetooth® version 4.2 module that Supports Bluetooth BDR/EDR/BLE specification.


The Board is fully integrated with Microchip’s MPLAB® X IDE and into PIC32’s powerful software framework, MPLAB ® Harmony that a provides flexible and modular interface to application development, a rich set of inter-operable software stack (TCP-IP, USB) and easy to use features.

The boards and ecosystem have been designed to provide an excellent out of the box experience. Customers would be able to download and run example applications /projects instantly on the boards without the need to install the entire ecosystem. The demos have been developed to showcase PIC32 MCU features and application development ecosystem.

For downloadable demo example projects, please see "Additional Resources" tab.

The board offers expansion capabilities making it an excellent choice for a rapid prototyping board in Connectivity, IOT and general purpose applications.

This product is not recommended for new designs. Please consider Curiosity PIC32MZ EF 2.0 Development Board (DM320209).

The Curiosity PIC32 MZ EF Development Board is a fully integrated 32-bit development platform featuring the high performance PIC32MZ EF Series (PIC32MZ2048EFM) that has a 2MB Flash, 512KB RAM, integrated FPU, Crypto accelerator and excellent connectivity options.

The Curiosity Development Board includes an integrated programmer/debugger ,an on board Wi-Fi-N module MRF24WN0MA-I/RM100 and is fully integrated with Microchip’s MPLAB® X IDE.

Each board provides two MikroBus® expansion sockets from MicroElektronika and a Microchip X32 header to enable customers seeking accelerated application prototype development. Boards are fully integrated into PIC32’s powerful software framework, MPLAB ® Harmony that a provides flexible and modular interface to application development , a rich set of inter-operable software stack (TCP-IP,USB) and easy to use features.

X32 Boards compatible with Curiosity Board are :
PIC32 Audio Codec Daughter Card - AK4642EN (AC320100)

The boards and ecosystem have been designed to provide an excellent out of the box experience. Customers would be able to download and run example applications /projects instantly on the boards without the need to install the entire ecosystem. The demos have been developed to showcase PIC32 MCU features and application development ecosystem.

The board offers expansion capabilities making it an excellent choice for a rapid prototyping board in Connectivity, IOT and general purpose applications.

To download the Demo Example Projects, click on the "Additional Resources" tab.

Kindly consider dsPIC33CH Curiosity Development Board (DM330028-2) for your latest designs, evaluation and prototyping.

The dsPIC33CH Curiosity Development Board (DM330028) is intended as a cost effective development and demonstration platform for the dsPIC33CH128MP508 family of dual core high performance digital signal controllers.

Designed from the ground-up to take full advantage of Microchip’s MPLAB® X IDE, the board includes an integrated programmer/debugger and requires no additional hardware, making it a perfect starting point to explore the dsPIC33CH dual core family.

Visit our Curiosity Design Center for more information on the Curiosity platform.

PIC16F15376 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit

With full program and debug capabilities, the PIC16F18446 Curiosity Nano evaluation kit offers complete support for your next design. 

With the award-winning MPLAB X integrated development platform and MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC), the kit provides access to the Intelligent analog and Core Independent Peripherals on the PIC16F18446.  MCC is a free, graphical programming tool to configure the  rich set of  peripherals and functions specific for your application.  

PIC18F47K42 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit

With full program and debug capabilities, the PIC18F47Q10 Curiosity Nano evaluation kit offers complete support for your next design.

With the award-winning MPLAB X integrated development platform and MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC), the kit provides access to the Intelligent analog and Core Independent Peripherals on the PIC18F47Q10. MCC is a free, graphical programming tool to configure the rich set of peripherals and functions specific for your application.

PIC18-Q10 Product Family Overview

Take your next idea to market with a development board that you can keep in your pocket. With full programming and debugging capabilities, the PIC18F57Q43 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit offers complete support for your next design.

With the award-winning MPLAB X integrated development platform and MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC), the kit provides access to the Intelligent analog and Core Independent Peripherals on the PIC18F57Q43. MCC is a free, graphical programming tool to configure the rich set of peripherals and functions specific for your application.

PIC18-Q43 Product Family Overview

The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board is a cost-effective, fully integrated 16-bit development platform targeted at first-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 IDE and MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE, the board includes an integrated programmer/debugger and requires no additional hardware, making it a perfect starting point to explore the latest low-cost and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) 16-bit PIC24FJ256GA705 family of Microcontrollers.

The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Board enables easy and faster adoption of low-cost XLP 16-bit PIC24FJ256GA705 family of microcontrollers. PIC24FJ256GA705 microcontroller featuring up to 256KB of ECC flash and 16KB of RAM, is ideally suited for low power general purpose applications. The layout and external connections of PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity board offer unparalleled access to the Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) such as CLC, MCCP and DMA. These CIPs enable the user to integrate various system functions onto a single MCU, simplifying the design and keeping system power consumption and BOM cost low.

Crafted for Cloud-Based Development
The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board offers seamless integration with the Microchip software tool chain, including the MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE, XC16 compiler and MPLAB Code Configurator for easy set-up and prototyping.

Internet of Things (IoT) Ready
Have an IoT design in mind? The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Board can help turn your IoT design idea into reality. The board can enable applications with low power, low pin count and small footprint requirements as in IoT sensor nodes. Out of the box, the board offers several options for user interface—including switches, RGB LED, User LEDs and analog potentiometer. In addition, wireless connectivity can easily be added using 2 mikroBUS™ interfaces and wireless connectivity click boards™. A full complement of accessory boards is available via the MikroElectronika mikroBUS™ interfaces.

Visit our Curiosity Design Center for more information on the Curiosity platform.

The PIC32CM1216MC00032 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit (EV10N93A) is a hardware platform used to evaluate the PIC32CM MC microcontroller (MCU), which is supported by the MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The evaluation kit provides an easy access to the features of the PIC32CM MC to integrate the device into a custom design. The Curiosity Nano series of evaluation kits includes an on-board Nano Debugger, hence external tools are not required to program the PIC32CM MC device.

Overview:

The PIC32MM Curiosity Development Board features the new eXtreme Low Power (XLP), PIC32MM “GPL” family (PIC32MM0064GPL036) of low cost microcontrollers. This board is a simple and easy to use platform that facilitates quick PIC32MM evaluation, experimentation and application prototyping. The board also includes an integrated programmer/debugger and offers seamless integration with Microchip’s MPLAB® X IDE and MPLAB Code Configurator for easy set-up and development.

Expand your Curiosity:

Owing to its low power, low cost and expansion capabilities, the PIC32MM Curiosity Development Board is ideal for developing battery operated applications, portable medical monitoring devices and IoT sensor nodes. The board also offers various user interfaces like switches, LEDs, potentiometer and supports a MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ interface that lets you tap into an ecosystem of over 300+ add-on click boards™ enabling customers to accelerate application prototype development. Additionally, Bluetooth® Low Energy communication can easily be added using Microchip’s BM71 module footprint.

Get Started: 

To help you hit the ground running right out of the box, we have pre-programmed the PIC32MM Curiosity Development Board with a RGB color mixing application. In this demo, the potentiometer can be used to adjust each color channel intensity, independently, while the push buttons are used to select the channel to be adjusted. The RGB color mixing demo can be downloaded from the Documentation & Software section below.

To further enable you to expand your applications, we have created various MikroElektronika click boards™ demos that can be downloaded from the click boards™ Examples tab below:

Overview:
The PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board features the new eXtreme Low Power (XLP), PIC32MM “GPM” family (PIC32MM0256GPM064) 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 also includes an integrated programmer/debugger and offers seamless integration with Microchip’s MPLAB^® Code Configurator, MPLAB^® Xpress Cloud-based IDE and MPLAB^® X IDE for easy set-up and development.

Benefits:
The PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board features 2 MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ expansion interfaces that gives the user access to over 300+ add-on click boards™, USB micro B connector 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.

Out of Box Demo: RGB color mixing 
To get started quickly, the PIC32MM Curiosity Development Board is pre-programmed with a RGB color mixing application. In the demo, the potentiometer can be used to adjust each color channel intensity, independently, while the push buttons are used to select the channel to be adjusted. Additionally, when connected to a Windows^® system-based host computer via USB2, the board enumerates as a custom/vendor class USB device, which can interface with a custom demo application. For additional USB demos, please visit Microchip Libraries for Applications

USB Audio Headset Demo:
For customers who want to develop USB audio applications with the PIC32MM GPM family, the USB audio headset demo is a perfect starting point that leverages the X32 headers populated on the PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board. 

Demo Highlights:

• Implements USB isochronous digital audio streaming to I2S conversion
• Works with the AC320100 audio codec daughter board to implement:
  
  • Full stereo 48kHz digital audio playback
  • Simultaneous microphone sampling and I2S streaming input capability
• Implements fine resolution fractional clock division for eliminating audio playback rate mismatch with the host
• Implements an HID audio control interface for digitally adjusting volume/pause/play, etc.
• The demo supports:
  • Apple*
  • Windows
  • Google/Android AOA Audio

*For Apple USB Authenticated applications contact applesupport@microchip.com

ATSAMD10 Xplained Mini is is a hardware platform for evaluating the ATSAMD10 microcontroller. The evaluation kit comes with a fully integrated debugger that provides seamless integration with Atmel Studio. The kit provides access to the features of the ATSAMD10 enabling easy integration of the device in a custom design.

The SAM D11 Xplained Pro evaluation kit is ideal for evaluating and prototyping with the SAM D11 ARM® Cortex®-M0+ based microcontrollers. Extension boards to the SAM D11 Xplained Pro can be purchased individually.

The ATSAMD11-XPRO evaluation kit does not include extension boards.

The SAM D11 Xplained Pro supports many Xplained Pro extension boards including the I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, QT2 Xplained Pro, and PROTO1 Xplained Pro.

The SAM D21 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit is a hardware platform to evaluate the SAMD21G17D microcontroller (MCU). It is supported by the MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and MPLAB Harmony v3 software development framework. The evaluation kit provides easy access to the features of the SAM D21 MCU to integrate the device into a custom design. Because the evaluation kit contains an On-Board Nano Debugger for programming and debugging, no external tools are necessary to program the SAMD21G17D device. The evaluation kit is compatible with Curiosity Nano  Base board (Part Number - AC164162) which allows you to quickly scale and prototype your next innovative design using the SAMD21G17D MCU.  

The SAM D21 Xplained Pro evaluation kit is ideal for evaluating and prototyping with the SAM D21 ARM® Cortex®-M0+ based microcontrollers. Xplained Pro Extension kits compatible with SAM D21 Xplained Pro can be purchased individually.

The ATSAMD21-XPRO evaluation kit does not include extension boards.

SAM D21 Xplained Pro supports many Xplained Pro extension kits, including I/O1 Xplained Pro, OLED1 Xplained Pro, QT1 Xplained Pro, and PROTO1 Xplained Pro.

To begin configuring software for your board, visit our web-based software configuration tool Atmel START.

The SMART SAM E70 Xplained evaluation kit is ideal for evaluating and prototyping with | SMART SAM S70 and SAM E70 ARM® Cortex®-M7 core- based microcontrollers.

Extension boards for the SAM E70 Xplained can be purchased individually.

The ATSAME70-XPLD evaluation kit does not include extension boards.

Please refer to the respective SAM S70, SAM E70 series web pages for more details.

As the SAM E70 product is a superset of the S70 series, the SAM E70 Xplained evaluation kit can be used for evaluation.

Watch a video on Instruction Tracing and Live Code Coverage/Code Profiling on Microchip's SAME70 Xplained board using SEGGER’s J-Trace PRO Trace Probe and SEGGER’s Ozone Debugger here.