2 Recommended Tools and Accessories

The following tools are recommended for development with the CEC173x Evaluation Board.

Recommended Hardware

  1. Microchip MPLAB® X v6.20 or later
  2. XC32 Pro Compiler v2.50 or later for TrustCustom customers customizing Soteria software
  3. PICkit 4/PICkit 5 In-Circuit debugger for direct plug-in
  4. Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter
  5. DediProg SF600Plus-G2 Programmer (preferred) or DediProg SF100 External SPI Flash programmer.

Recommended Software

The following software is recommended or required to be used with the EV42J24A evaluation board.
  1. Microchip Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) (See Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) for more information)
  2. Install MPLAB X IDE
    • For MPLAB version 6.20 and PICKIT5, ensure Toolpack version: 2.5.391, CEC DFP version 2.0.261 are installed
    • Set MPLAB X path in TPDS at File -> Preferences -> MPLAB X Path
  3. Install FTDI4222H Drivers.
  4. Install Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter Drivers.
  5. Install SF Software and USB Driver for DediProg SF600Plus-G2 from Support tab.
  6. Tera Term v4.106 or later (or preferred equivalent) for UART debug logs

Technical Reference Material

Many of the documents associated with the CEC173x products and development boards are available only by NDA and are available through myMicrochip. For more information, go to Accessing Microchip’s Secure Documents via myMicrochip.

Contact your Microchip Representative with any further questions.