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CURIOSITY HIGH PIN COUNT DEVELOPMENT
BOARD USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 2. Getting Started
The Curiosity HPC Development Board can be used with either MPLAB
®
X Integrated
Development Environment (IDE, version 3.0 or higher) or MPLAB
®
Xpress IDE; both
IDEs are available for free at
.
The Curiosity HPC Development Board contains a PICkit On-Board (PKOB) which
allows for both low-voltage programming and low-voltage in-circuit debugging for all
supported devices. When used with the MPLAB IDE, in-circuit debugging allows the
user to run, modify, and troubleshoot their custom software and hardware quickly,
without the need for additional debugging tools.
2.1
PROGRAMMING THE CURIOSITY HPC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Programming the Curiosity HPC Development Board can be accomplished through
one of the two following ways: either through MPLAB X IDE (version 3.30 or higher for
Rev 1 and version 5.20 or higher for Rev 2), or through MPLAB Xpress.
2.1.1
Programming Using MPLAB X IDE
1. Connect the Curiosity HPC Board to the computer using the on-board micro-USB
connector.
2. Open MPLAB X IDE and either create a new project or open an existing one.
3. Click on the
Project
Properties
icon located in the project’s Dashboard window
(as seen in
). Alternatively, the Project Properties window can be
opened by clicking on
File > Project Properties
, or by right clicking on the project
name in the Projects window and clicking
Properties
.
Note:
The Curiosity HPC Board must be programmed using Low-Voltage
Programming (LVP). The LVP bit of the Configuration Word(s) must be set
(LVP = ON or ‘
1
’).
