1 Introduction
Kit Introduction, Kit Contents, Terminology, Image Legend.
1.1 Curiosity Nano Explorer
The Curiosity Nano Explorer lives up to its name by providing extensive on-board features that allow users to explore and experiment with the microcontroller peripherals of their Curiosity Nano development board. It also serves as an ideal platform to become familiar with Microchip's software offerings, including MCC Melody.
A wide selection of input and output options:
- INPUTS include Touch (and mechanical) buttons, a potentiometer, a joystick, a temperature sensor, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a microphone
- OUTPUTS include LEDs (simple yellow, standard RGB, and WS2812B RGB), an OLED display, and a speaker
Solid support for serial communication:
- I2C Bus with eight clients
- SPI Bus with three clients
- UART connection
Microchip’s complementary technologies:
- Touch controller with three touch buttons and a separate touch button for use with microcontrollers featuring a touch peripheral
- ECC608 provides CryptoAuthentication™ features
- Power Monitoring by the PAC1944 enables the measurement of various power domains
Finally, if anything is missing on the Explorer, its functionality can be expanded via mikroBUS™, Grove or Qwiic® sockets.
1.2 Kit Contents
The Curiosity Nano Explorer kit contains:
- One Curiosity Nano Explorer development board
- 20 separable 100-mil jumper wires for pin remapping
- Ten additional pin jumpers
- One 1x8 (100-mil) right-angled pin header to connect external programmer/debuggers
- One joystick cap
1.3 Terminology
This user guide uses the following terminology:
| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Explorer | The Curiosity Nano Explorer development board |
| CNANO | The connected Curiosity Nano development board |
| CNANO Socket | A socket with two 1x28 pin header sockets to connect any Curiosity Nano development board to the Curiosity Nano Explorer |
1.4 Image Legend
The symbols and colors below are used throughout the user guide.
