Overview
Bring your next idea to life with a powerful, pocket‑sized development platform.
The PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit is a compact, feature‑rich development board designed to accelerate embedded design and rapid prototyping. Equipped with full programming, debugging, and hardware‑level evaluation capabilities, this ultra‑compact kit allows engineers, makers, and system designers to quickly explore the performance and peripherals of the PIC18F56Q35 microcontroller.
Designed to integrate seamlessly with MPLAB® Tools for VS Code® and MPLAB® X IDE which includes MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC), this evaluation kit offers fast access to the Configurable Logic Block (CLB) and a broad range of Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs). Using MCC’s free, graphical interface, developers can quickly configure peripherals, generate optimized code, and customize device functionality for a wide range of embedded applications.
Learn more about the PIC18F56Q35 microcontroller family
- PIC18F56Q35 Microcontroller
- On-Board Nano Debugger
- Programming and debugging
- Virtual serial port via USB CDC
- Green power and status LED
- One debug GPIO channel (DGI GPIO)
- Board identification in Microchip development environments
- Power and Connectivity
- USB Type-C® for power and data
- Adjustable target voltage (1.8-5.1V, up to 500mA) controlled by the on-board debugger
- 1x2 100mil header for alternative VDDIO2 supply
- Hardware Peripherals
- Yellow user LED
- Mechanical user switch
- 32.768 kHz Crystal
- Curiosity Nano Edge Connector
- Sockets into Curiosity Nano base boards
- Staggered layout for press fit pin headers
- Breadboard compatible
- Castellated edges for surface mounting
- PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit
- Two 100mil, 1x28 pin header strips
Documentation
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| PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano | User Guides | PDF | HTML | ||
| Microchip Nano Debugger Manual | User Guides | PDF | HTML | ||
| PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Schematics Altium Project | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Design Documentation | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Schematics | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| PIC18F56Q35 Curiosity Nano Pinout | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| Curiosity Nano Explorer Pinouts | Board Design Files | Download | ||
| CLB Synthesizer | Software Tools | Link |
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MPLAB Tools for VS Code are a set of extensions that integrate the MPLAB development ecosystem with VS Code, offering a seamless and efficient environment for developing designs based on Microchip devices.
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MPLAB XC Compilers are optimized C compilers for Microchip microcontrollers, offering high-performance code generation and integration with MPLAB Tools for VS Code and MPLAB X IDE.
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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.
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The Curiosity Nano Explorer lives up to its name by providing extensive on-board features that allow users to explore and experiment with the microcontroller peripherals of their Curiosity Nano development board. It also serves as an ideal platform to become familiar with Microchip's software offerings, including MCC Melody.
A wide selection of input and output options:
Solid support for serial communication:
Microchip’s complementary technologies:
Finally, if anything is missing on the Explorer, its functionality can be expanded via mikroBUS™, Grove or Qwiic® sockets. |