PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano

Overview

The PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano evaluation kit (EV10P22A) is a hardware platform for evaluating the PIC32CM PL10 family of microcontrollers. This board features the PIC32CM6408PL10048 microcontroller mounted on the board.

Hardware

  • PIC32CM6408PL10048 MCU

  • Arm Cortex-M0+ Core with Speeds up to 24 MHz Across a Supply Voltage Range of 1.8-5.5V

  • 64 KB In-System Self-Programmable Flash with 8 KB SRAM

  • Operating Voltage: 1.8-5.5V

  • Available in 48-Pin TQFP and 48-Pin VQFN WF Packages

  • Low Power

    • Idle and Standby sleep modes

    • Sleep Walking peripherals

  • Multi-Voltage I/O (MVIO)

  • Peripheral Touch Controller (PTC) with 25 Self-Capacitance Channels

  • One 12-bit, 800 ksps Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)

  • Two Analog Comparators (AC) with Window Compare Function

  • Four 16-bit Timer/Counters:

    • Three 16-bit basic Timer/Counters (TC0-2)

    • One 16-bit Timer/Counter for Control with four PWM channels (TCC0)

  • 32-bit Real Time Counter (RTC) with Clock/Calendar Function

  • Two Serial Communication Interfaces (SERCOM), Configurable to Operate as:

    • USART with full-duplex and single-wire half-duplex configuration

    • ISO7816 UART

    • I2C up to 1 MHz (SERCOM0)

    • SPI

    • LIN Host/Client

    • RS-485

  • Two-Channel Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) with CRC Generator

  • Four-channel Event System (EVSYS)

  • Configurable Custom Logic (CCL) with Four Look-Up Tables (LUT)

  • Programming and Debugging Interface Disable (PDID) Functionality

  • Watchdog Timer (WDT)

  • External Crystal Oscillator with Failure Detection

  • Integrated Temperature Sensor

Supported Features

The pic32cm_pl10_cnano board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

Connections and IOs

The PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano User Guide has detailed information about board connections.

Programming & Debugging

The pic32cm_pl10_cnano board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

flash debug

Setting Up the Debug Interface

PyOCD Setup

  1. Install Device Pack

    • Add support for the PIC32CM family devices using the following command:

    pyocd pack install pic32cm

  2. Verify Device Support

    • Confirm that the target is recognized:

    pyocd list --targets

    • You should see an entry similar to:

    pic32cm6408pl10048        Microchip                PIC32CM6408PL10048           PIC32CM-PL   pack

  3. Connect the Board

    • Connect the DEBUG USB port on the board to your host machine.

    • This connection power up the board and provides access to the on-board Embedded Debugger (EDBG), which enables programming and debugging of the target microcontroller through PyOCD.

Building and Flashing the Application

  1. Build the Application

    You can build a sample Zephyr application, such as Blinky, using the west tool. Run the following commands from your Zephyr workspace:

    west build -b pic32cm_pl10_cnano -p -s samples/basic/blinky

    This will build the Blinky application for the pic32cm_pl10_cnano board.

  2. Flash the Device

    Once the build completes, flash the firmware using:

    west flash

  3. Observe the Result

    After flashing, LED0 on the board should start blinking, indicating that the application is running successfully.

References

PIC32CM PL10 Product Page:

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/PIC32CM6408PL10048

PIC32CM PL10 Curiosity Nano evaluation kit Page:

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/ev10p22a