MICROCHIP Curiosity Development Boards

Turn Your Next Embedded Idea into Reality. Fully integrated development board platform for 8, 16 and 32bit PIC MCUs Available Now.

Curiosity Development Platforms are built to simplify and accelerate the embedded design cycle from initial evaluation to fully functional prototyping. Designed for engineers, makers, and educators, these platforms provide a cost effective and scalable entry point into 8bit, 16bit, and 32bit MCU development, fully integrated with the MPLAB^® Development Ecosystem.

The Curiosity Development Boards offers feature rich, ready-to-deploy development boards ideal for rapid prototyping, making them a solid choice for developers looking for out-of-the-box functionality, robust I/O access, and easy expansion via mikroBUS™, Grove, and other interfaces.

Curiosity Nano Development Platform, on the other hand, introduces a compact, modular platform optimized for portability, architecture exploration, and fast iteration. With onboard debugging capabilities comparable to MPLAB^® PICkit™ 4, seamless compatibility with the Curiosity Nano Base, and support for a wide range of Microchip MCU families, Curiosity Nano empowers developers to evaluate, test, and prototype across architectures with minimal hardware overhead.

Whether you need a fully integrated board for quick deployment or a flexible platform for architecture evaluation, the Curiosity portfolio provides the tools to innovate faster and smarter.

Curiosity Boards – Full-Featured Development Platforms:

Cost-effective, feature rich rapid prototyping
Direct integration with MPLAB^® Development Ecosystem
Ideal for first-time users to professional embedded developers
Easy to expand with mikroBUS™, Grove and other add-on interfaces

Curiosity Nano – Compact & Modular Development

Pocket-sized boards with PIC^®, AVR^®, SAM MCUs, or dsPIC33C DSCs and configurable peripherals
Integrated debugger comparable to MPLAB^® PICkit™4- no external tools required
Evaluate and switch between multiple MCU architectures with ease
Compatible with Curiosity Nano Base featuring three mikroBUS™ sockets

Expand quickly using a wide range of Click boards™ from MIKROE

Applications

Featured Products

Curiosity PIC32MZ EF 2.0 Development Board

Curiosity Platform Development Board

dsPIC33C Touch CAN LIN Curiosity Board

Curiosity HPC Development Board

Curiosity Development Board Portfolio

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Development platforms

8bit Curiosity Boards

Microchip Curiosity 8-Bit Development Board supports Microchip 8-pin, 14-pin, and 20-pin 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers. The Curiosity Board features dual-row expansion headers on either side of the MCU socket, offering flexibility of connectivity to all pins on the PIC MCUs. These boards leveraging MPLAB® X and ready for IoT, they feature onboard debugging, Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs), user interface options, and mikroBUS™ expansion support—making them the perfect starting point for your next embedded design.

Features

Supports 8-pin, 14-pin, and 20-pin 8-bit PIC Microcontrollers with low voltage programming capability
Integrated Programmer/Debugger with USB Interface
Integrates seamlessly with MPLAB X IDE and Code Configurator
Various user interface options - mTouch button, analog potentiometer, and physical switches
Mikrobus™ support with over 100 MikroElectronika Click™ add-on boards available
RN4020 Bluetooth module footprint

Explore 8bit Curiosity Boards

DM164137, DM164136, EV73J36A, EV75S16A, EV59F82A, EV58G97A, EV06M52A,

EV35F40A, EV72J15A, EV14L29A, EV53Z50A, EV73T25A, EV01E86A, EV01G21A

16bit Curiosity Boards

Microchip’s 16-bit Curiosity Development Boards – a cost-effective, fully integrated platform designed for rapid prototyping and application development using PIC24 and dsPIC33 families. Whether you're targeting low-power IoT, motor control, sensor interfacing, or USB and LCD-based applications, these boards provide a seamless experience with built-in programmer/debugger, support for MPLAB® X IDE, and access to add-on Click boards™.

Features

Supports 16-bit PIC24 and dsPIC33 Microcontrollers for low-power and high-performance applications
Integrated programmer/debugger with USB interface – no additional hardware required
Seamless integration with MPLAB^® X IDE, MPLAB Xpress, and MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC)
Core Independent Peripherals (CIPs) for advanced hardware control with minimal CPU overhead
On-board user interface options including LEDs, pushbuttons, potentiometers, and segmented LCD
mikroBUS™ interface for Click board™ support enables rapid expansion and prototyping
USB 2.0 Full-Speed Host/Device/OTG support available on select PIC24 GU-series boards
Available ADCs, DACs, op amps, comparators, and high-speed PWM for motor control and sensor interfacing
Ideal for applications in IoT, battery-powered devices, motor control, industrial, and automotive designs

Explore 16bit Curiosity Boards

DM330028-2, DM240004, DM240018, DM240017, DM240016

32-bit Curiosity Boards

Microchip's Curiosity development boards are fully integrated, 32-bit development platforms featuring the high-performance, cost-effective platform for rapid prototyping and IoT design. Featuring PIC32CK, PIC32CM, PIC32MX, PIC32MM and PIC32MZ MCUs, these boards integrate on-board debugging, connectivity (USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet), low-power features, and user-friendly interfaces—ideal for makers, engineers, and first-time developers.

Features

Supports high-performance PIC32MX, PIC32MZ, and ultra-low power PIC32MM 32-bit MCUs
Integrated Programmer/Debugger (PKOB) – no external hardware required
Seamless compatibility with MPLAB X IDE, MPLAB Code Configurator, and XC32 compiler
On-board connectivity options – USB, Bluetooth (v4.2/LE), and Ethernet PHY support
Flexible user interface – RGB LEDs, push buttons, mTouch® capacitive sensing, and analog potentiometers
MikroBUS™ interface for Click™ board expansion
Low-power sleep modes with RAM retention as low as <500 nA
Audio I/O expansion with X32 headers and optional codec daughter cards (e.g., AK4642EN)
Compact prototyping area and full access to MCU I/O via female headers
Ideal for rapid prototyping, IoT applications, and secure embedded designs

Explore 32bit Curiosity Boards

DM320103, DM320209, DM320104, DM320101, DM320107, DT100113,

EV14C17A, EV44P93A, EV33A17A, EV81X90A, EV80P12A, EV12U44A,

EV76R77A, EV15N46A, EV06X38A, EV09H35A, EV51S73A, EV16W43A,

EV31E34A, EV87D54A

Curiosity Nano Development Platform

A compact, cost-effective, and from concept to prototype. Featuring a wide range of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit (PIC®, AVR®, SAM MCUs, and dsPIC33C DSCs), it offers built-in debugging and seamless expansion via mikroBUS™ sockets. Perfect for rapid prototyping and evaluating different architectures, it's the ideal toolset to accelerate innovation.

Features

Pocket-sized boards Include a PIC, AVR or SAM MCU or dsPIC33C DSCs with configurable on-chip peripherals for customizing your innovative designs
On-board debugging capabilities are equivalent to those of the MPLAB^® PICkit™ 4 In-Circuit Debugger
Seamless integration with MPLAB^® X IDE and MPLAB Code Configurator
Compatible with Curiosity Nano Base for Click boards™ with mikroBUS™ and Xplained Pro expansion sockets
Easy add-on support with 100+ MikroElektronika Click™ boards for sensors, connectivity, and interface modules
Ideal for rapid prototyping—from concept to prototype—with minimal setup and cost

8bit Curiosity Nano Boards4

DM320115, DM080103, DM080104, DM164151, DM164148, DM164144,

DM182028, DM182029, DM164150, DM182030, EV50J96A, EV35L43A,

EV75S16A, EV72Y42A, EV66E56A, EV09Z19A, EV70C97A, EV26Q64A

16bit Curiosity Nano Boards

EV10K72A, EV88G73A

32bit Curiosity Nano Board

DM320119, EV29G58A, EV41C56A, EV10N93A, EV76S68A