Zephyr® RTOS for dsPIC33A DSCs

Our dsPIC33A DSCs Now Support the Zephyr® RTOS

Unlock the full potential of the dsPIC33A DSC family with full support for the Zephyr Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). Leveraging this open-source ecosystem gives you access to a unified platform for building robust and scalable embedded applications. As a proud Silver Member of the Zephyr Project, we provide seamless alignment of our hardware with Zephyr’s RTOS to deliver an accelerated, reliable path from prototype to deployment.

Getting Started With Zephyr RTOS on dsPIC33A DSCs

Get started faster with pre-validated Zephyr configurations for our dsPIC33A DSC development boards. 

Explore our step-by-step guides, boards supported, drivers and sample projects, which will quicken your design process, from prototype to production. As part of the Zephyr community, we provide you with access to expertise and best practices and a vibrant network of developers.
Visit the GitHub Page

To see which of our dsPIC33A boards are supported by Zephyr, visit the GitHub Zephyr-Microchip dsPIC33A Boards page.

Zephyr User Guide for dsPIC33A

Technical Support

Our Zephyr offering includes support for:

• Kernels: Adapting the Zephyr RTOS kernel to operate efficiently on the dsPIC® architecture
• OS: Essential OS services for task management, scheduling and resource allocation
• Low-level APIs and drivers: To interface with dsPIC hardware features
• Example application: To demonstrate the scheduler and kernel functionalities

Following are the supported peripheral drivers:

• UART for serial communication
• Timers for time-based operations and scheduling
• I/O for general-purpose digital input and output control