3 Recommended Tools and Accessories
The following tools are recommended for development with the CEC173x Evaluation Board.
Recommended Hardware
- Microchip MPLAB® X v6.20 or later
- XC32 Pro Compiler v2.50 or later for TrustCustom customers customizing Soteria software
- PICkit™ 4/PICkit 5 In-Circuit debugger for direct plug-in
- Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter
- DediProg SF600Plus-G2 Programmer (preferred) or DediProg SF100 External SPI Flash programmer
Recommended Software
The following software is recommended or required for use with the EV42J24A evaluation board.
- Microchip Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) (see 5.2 Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) for more information)
- Install MPLAB X IDE
- For MPLAB version 6.20 and PICKIT5, ensure Toolpack version: 2.5.391 and CEC DFP version 2.0.261 are installed
- Set MPLAB X path in TPDS at File ➜ Preferences ➜ MPLAB X Path
- Install FTDI4222H Drivers
- Install Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter Drivers
- Install SF Software and USB Driver for DediProg SF600Plus-G2 from the Support tab
- 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 under NDA and are available through myMicrochip.
For more information, go to Secure
Document Extranet via myMicrochip Portal.
- CEC1736 website
- CEC1734 website
- CEC1736-TFLX website
- CEC173x Summary Data Sheet (The Complete Data Sheet is available through myMicrochip and is under NDA.)
- Additional board documentation (schematics, Gerber files and BOM) and other technical collateral are available via myMicrochip and are under NDA.
Contact your Microchip representative with further questions.