Microchip Technology TCHIP010 Data Sheet

The chipKIT Development Platform ecosystem, powered 

by Microchip’s 32-bit microcontrollers, is an open-source, 

Arduino-compatible solution for beginner to advanced 

explorers of embedded systems. The platform inspires 

the creativity to build robotics, human interfaces and other 

intelligent electronics applications. Flexible enough to 

grow with you, it doesn’t assume any prior knowledge of 

embedded systems, but also provides a migration path 

to professional, industry-recognized tools. The platform 

scales easily from full-featured development boards to a 

single-chip solution that can be embedded in your own 

design, while still using Arduino-based code.

The chipKIT™ ecosystem features a 

large selection of hardware baseboards 

designed to interface with existing 

Arduino hardware shields. These 

platforms also provide additional 

connectivity by mapping more pins to 

connection headers to take advantage 

of the advanced capabilities of the 

PIC32 devices.

The fl exibility of the chipKIT solution 

means that you can take advantage of 

different levels of hardware integration 

while still using the easy-to-use Arduino-

based chipKIT MPIDE software.

Cerebot™ MX7ck 

If you wish to build applications without 

a development board, the prototyping-

friendly PIC32 MCUs in PDIP packages 

are available preprogrammed with the 

chipKIT USB Bootloader. Specifi cally, the 

preprogrammed PIC32MX250F128B is 

available in a 28-pin package, allowing 

you to reduce design costs and size.

   

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High-performance processors (40–200 MHz) to solve 

complex problems quickly

   

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A large memory footprint accommodating bigger 

sketches (with complex protocol stacks/libraries)

   

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Integrated peripherals that ease development of 

advanced applications including USB, graphics, audio, 

and much more

   

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Simple code development with the FREE Multi-Platform 

IDE (MPIDE) compatible with core Arduino functions 

and libraries

   

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A massive repository of existing tutorials, application 

examples and courseware

   

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A cost- and space-sensitive solution that doesn’t 

eat up board real estate

   

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Potential migration into professional software tools like 

MPLAB® X IDE and MPLAB XC32 compiler