Curiosity Dev Brd Sell Sheet Datasheet by Microchip Technology

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Summary

Your next embedded design idea has a new home. Our Curiosity Develop-

ment Boards offer a cost-effective, fully integrated microcontroller (MCU)

development platform targeted at first-time users, makers and those seek-

ing 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.

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Development Tools

Curiosity Development Boards

Your Tool for Function 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 connec-

tions offer 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 offer 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 Curios-

ity 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 offers 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 devel-

opment 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 Configurator 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

Compatible 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 simplified 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 configuration and no

waiting to get started on your system development.

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8-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 sup-

ports 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 Curiosity Development Board (DM240004)

The PIC24F Curiosity Board is a low-cost development platform

with an integrated programmer and debugger and offers easy

expandability with a mikroBUS interface to utilize click boards for

customizing your application. This board features the PIC24FJ-

128GA204 eXtreme Low Power (XLP) device.

PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board

(DM240016)

The PIC24FJ256GA7 Curiosity Development Board is a low-

cost platform with an integrated programmer and debugger

and offers easy expandability with two mikroBUS interfaces

to utilize click boards™ for customizing your application. This

board features the PIC24FJ256GA705 eXtreme Low Power

(XLP), low-cost device with a rich set of peripherals to evaluate

the PIC24FJ256GA705 family.

dsPIC33CH Curiosity Development Board

(DM330028)

The dsPIC33CH Curiosity Development Board (DM330028) is a

cost effective development platform for the dsPIC33CH family

of dual core, high-performance digital signal controllers. The

board includes an integrated programmer/debugger, making

it a perfect starting point to explore the dual core family. It fea-

tures the configurable Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) test

circuit and provides two mikroBUS™ interfaces for hardware

expansion.

32-bit

Curiosity PIC32MZEF Development Board

(DM320104)

The Curiosity PIC32MZEF Development Board is a fully

integrated 32-bit development platform featuring the high-

performance 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 mikro-

BUS sockets, this board has a footprint for the BM64 Bluetooth

Module for Bluetooth audio and Bluetooth Low Energy applica-

tion development.

Curiosity PIC32MM Development Board

(DM320101)

The Curiosity PIC32MM Development Board features the new

XLP PIC32MM "GPL" family (PIC32MM0064GPL036) of low-

cost 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 develop-

ing 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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