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New Curiosity Development Board provides cost-effective and fully integrated entry into designing with Microchip's 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers. It offers students, makers and professional designers unparalleled access to Core Independent Peripherals.
Today's 8-bit PIC microcontrollers are assisting designers to build innovative, state-of-the art products for use in a wide range of applications. While the basic technology goes back many years, Microchip has been constantly rolling out 8-bit devices with more performance and memory, as well as with flexible intelligence, to meet the requirements of increasingly complex embedded designs.
The latest 8-bit PIC MCUs incorporate Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs), which are on-board modules that are designed to handle a variety of tasks with no code or supervision from the CPU. Some also offer integrated Intelligent Analog modules to enable simple, efficient solutions that are easy to implement. Designers can take advantage of all of these sophisticated features to create lower power and more cost-effective designs than ever before.
Your tool for function enablement
If you are ready to harness the power of modern 8-bit PIC MCUs, your embedded design idea has a new home. The Curiosity Development Board (DM164137) is a cost-effective, fully integrated 8-bit development platform targeted at first-time users, makers and anyone who is seeking a feature-rich, rapid prototyping board. Its layout and external connections offer unparalleled access to CIPs, making it the perfect platform for function enablement in a wide range of applications. The Curiosity Development Board supports all low-voltage, programming-enabled 8-bit PIC MCUs in 8-, 14- or 20-pin PDIP packages. For the ultimate in flexibility, you can power it via USB, 5V internal or 5V external sources.
Ready for the Internet of Things
The Curiosity Development Board can help you quickly bring your Internet of Things design idea to life. Out of the box, the development board offers several user interface options including physical switches, an mTouch® capacitive button and an on-board potentiometer. Bluetooth® Low Energy communication can easily be added using the on-board footprint to connect a Microchip RN4020 module (sold separately). If you would like to add some cool functionality to your design, the on-board mikroBUS™ interface footprint allows you to plug in one of MikroElektronica's nearly 100 inexpensive Click boards to add features ranging from GPS to alcohol sensing.
More than a starting point
Priced at just $20, the Curiosity Development Board gives you more for your money. Designed to expand its capabilities as your needs grow, it can be operated as an all-in-one development platform or it can be customized to suit your specific needs. It was developed to take full advantage of the MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment and MPLAB Code Configurator, the Curiosity Development Board includes an integrated programmer/debugger, and requires no additional hardware to get started.
Share your curiosity
Do you need a few ideas on architecting your next design? The Curiosity Development Board is the perfect tool for sharing and acquiring new design ideas. To spur creativity, Microchip offers a series of tutorials, complete with bill of materials, user code and application notes. These helpful design tips can be found in the Curiosity Design Center. We also encourage you to join the Microchip Forums, share your ideas and become part of the growing community.
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