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- Page 1 Curiosity PIC64GX1000 Kit ES Quickstart Guide Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
The Microchip Website............................... 30 Product Change Notification Service........................30 Customer Support...............................30 Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature......................30 Legal Notice..................................31 Trademarks.................................. 31 Quality Management System.............................32 Worldwide Sales and Service............................. 33 Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... -
Page 3: Introduction
This Quick Start Guide outlines the steps to download drivers and software, connect, power up and communicate with the Curiosity Kit board. The following table lists the items included in the Curiosity PIC64GX1000 Kit ES. Table 1-1. Kit Contents—CURIOSITY-PIC64GX1000-KIT-ES Quantity... -
Page 4: Board Components
Board components (Ask a Question) The following figures show the top and the bottom view of the board and the components. Figure 2-1. Top View of Curiosity Kit Board Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 5 Board components Figure 2-2. Bottom View of Curiosity Kit Board Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 6: Getting Started With Curiosity Kit
USB port of the PC. The kit has not been tested with USB ports from the docking stations, so using a USB port on a laptop or PC is the most reliable option. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... -
Page 7: Connecting To Uart Interfaces From Windows Hosts
Figure 3-1. Open VS Code Marketplace b. If a warning appears saying VS Code will launch, click Open. Figure 3-2. Allow VS Code to Launch c. In VS Code, click Install. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 8 To open the Windows Device Manager, right-click the Start button (press Windows key + X), and then click Device Manager. b. In the Device Manager window, click Other devices to expand the section. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 9 Getting Started with Curiosity Kit Figure 3-4. Other Devices c. Double-click one of the devices named, MCHP-Debug. The MCHP-Debug Properties page opens. d. Click Change settings. Note: You require administrator privileges. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 10 Figure 3-5. Change Settings e. On the Driver tab, click Update Driver. The Update Drivers - MCHP-Debug window opens. Figure 3-6. Update Driver Click Browse my computer for drivers. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 11 <VERSION> must be replaced with the version of the extension that was installed Figure 3-8. Select the Driver h. Click Next. You must be prompted with a message saying, “Windows has successfully updated your drivers”; you can close this window. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 12 Repeat steps 5c to 5h for each MCHP-Debug device in the Other devices section. The Other devices section must now contain three USB Serial Port devices. Repeat steps 5c to 5h for each USB Serial Port device. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 13 5. To verify that the drivers have been installed correctly, follow these steps: a. In the Device Manager, under the Microchip Tools section, double-click the MCHP-Debug, and then click the Driver tab. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 14 Getting Started with Curiosity Kit Figure 3-11. Open MCHP-Debug b. In the MCHP-Debug window, the Driver Provider must show libusb-win32. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 15 Figure 3-12. Confirm the Driver provider c. In the Device Manager, double-click Ports (COM & LPT) to expand it, and then double-click each of the MCHP-Debug Port devices. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
- Page 16 If one of the ports properties shows: Location: on USB MCHP-Debug Serial Converter D, and the step 5c was true, then it is verified that the drivers are installed. Figure 3-14. Verify the Driver Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 17: Connecting To Uart Interfaces From Linux Hosts
2. Add the following text (using a text editor, such as, VIM or nano) running as sudo. # Bind ftdi_sio driver to all input ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1514", ATTRS{idProduct}=="200a", \ ATTRS{product}=="MCHP-Debug", ATTR{bInterfaceNumber}!="00", \ RUN+="/sbin/modprobe ftdi_sio", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 1514 200a > /sys/bus/usb-serial/ drivers/ftdi_sio/new_id'" Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 18 The new ports that appear once the kit has been connected are the COM ports for the kit. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 19: Using The Kit
The third terminal is unused in this example – it can be used to display messages from a second context if one is running on the kit in the AMP mode. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 20 A welcome page and Ubuntu prompt is shown (note the welcome message may differ depending on the Ubuntu version used and if a network cable is connected): Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 21: Setting The System Time, Installing Packages, And Connecting Through Ssh
4. To determine the IP address of the kit, run the ifconfig command. Note: "end0" corresponds to the Ethernet connection to the kit and the "inet" entry corresponds to the IP address. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 22 As seen in the following figure. b. You are prompted to enter the password that was configured for the kit. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 23: Transferring Files To The Kit
To transfer files to the kit, perform the following steps: 1. Launch the transfer manager of your choice (in this case, WinSCP is used) and connect to the kit. In this case, the SCP protocol is used. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 24 To download files from a network, perform the following step: • The wget package is available on Linux running on the kit, for example, for example: wget https://link.testfile.org/15MB Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 25: Running A Webserver With Python
Any packages supported by Ubuntu can be installed. For example, a selection of command line games is available (these display better over "SSH vs UART"). To install and launch Space Invaders, perform the following steps: Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... - Page 26 1. To install Space Invaders, run the following command. sudo apt install ninvaders 2. To launch the game, run the following command. ninvaders Figure 4-9. Install Space Invaders Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries...
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Page 27: Restoring To Clean Ubuntu Image
If you need to restore the kit to the factory image for any reason, an image file for SD cards can be found on the Ubuntu for RISC-V page. To restore your Ubuntu image to a clean state, see the instructions in this guide. Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... -
Page 28: Additional References
For information on Boot and System monitoring for PIC64GX Boot Loaders Hart Software Services (HSS) For a Yocto Linux build system supporting the Curiosity Kit, see: PIC64GXYocto BSP PIC64GX Yocto BSP Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... -
Page 29: Software And Licensing
To install libhidapi, execute the following command: sudo apt install libhidapi-*. • unzip: To install unzip, execute the following command: sudo apt install unzip. The following table lists the various Microchip Technology supports available for the user. Table 6-2. Microchip Technology Support Support URL/Contact Description Technical Support Microchip.com/Support... -
Page 30: Get Support For Pic64
A listing of sales offices and locations is included in this document. Technical support is available through the website at: www.microchip.com/support Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature Note the following details of the code protection feature on Microchip products: Online Reference DS50003705D - © 2024 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries... -
Page 31: Legal Notice
Speed Control, HyperLight Load, Libero, motorBench, mTouch, Powermite 3, Precision Edge, ProASIC, ProASIC Plus, ProASIC Plus logo, Quiet-Wire, SmartFusion, SyncWorld, TimeCesium, TimeHub, TimePictra, TimeProvider, and ZL are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. Adjacent Key Suppression, AKS, Analog-for-the-Digital Age, Any Capacitor, AnyIn, AnyOut, Augmented Switching, BlueSky, BodyCom, Clockstudio, CodeGuard, CryptoAuthentication, CryptoAutomotive, CryptoCompanion, CryptoController, dsPICDEM, dsPICDEM.net, Dynamic... -
Page 32: Quality Management System
The Adaptec logo, Frequency on Demand, Silicon Storage Technology, and Symmcom are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in other countries. GestIC is a registered trademark of Microchip Technology Germany II GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc., in other countries. -
Page 33: Worldwide Sales And Service
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