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

Curiosity 8-bit (PIC16/18) MCU DevKits

Microchip’s Curiosity 8-bit MCU Development Kits are affordable prototyping platforms for PIC16 and PIC18 MCUs. Featuring onboard programming and debugging, extensive expansion options, and MPLAB® ecosystem support, they help engineers, students, and makers rapidly develop embedded applications. Ideal for industrial, IoT, motor control, sensor, consumer, and educational projects, Curiosity boards enable fast evaluation, coding, testing, and debugging without requiring an external programmer.

Features

Supports PIC16 and PIC18 8-bit MCUs
Onboard USB programmer/debugger
Seamless integration with MPLAB® X IDE and MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC)
Rapid prototyping platform for embedded applications
Expansion headers for add-on boards and peripherals
Cost-effective evaluation and development solution
Suitable for industrial, consumer, automotive-adjacent, sensing, and IoT applications
Quick start experience for beginners and experienced developers

Explore 8bit Curiosity Boards

APG00112, APG00114, DM164136, DM164137, EV72J15A, EV01E86A, EV01G21A, EV06M52A, EV14L29A, EV18Z11A, EV24D63A, EV35F40A, EV53Z50A, EV55P36A, EV58A83A, EV58G97A, EV59F82A, EV73J36A, EV73T25A, EV75S16A

Curiosity 16-bit (PIC24, dsPIC33) MCU DevKits

Microchip’s Curiosity 16-bit MCU DevKits are powerful prototyping platforms for PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC33 DSCs. Designed for high-performance embedded applications, they combine enhanced processing capability, low power consumption, onboard debugging, and seamless MPLAB® ecosystem integration. Ideal for motor control, power conversion, industrial automation, sensing, and real-time control, these kits enable rapid evaluation, development, testing, and deployment without requiring external programming tools.

Features

Supports PIC24 16-bit Microcontrollers
Supports dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers
Integrated USB programmer and debugger
Real-time control and signal-processing capabilities
Extensive peripheral evaluation and expansion options
Seamless MPLAB® X IDE integration
Optimized for motor control and digital power applications
Rapid prototyping and application development platform
Suitable for professional engineering, research, and education

Explore 16bit Curiosity Boards

BN61G23A, DM240004, DM240016, DM240017, DM240018, DM330028, DM330028-2, DM330030, EV17P63A, EV10K72A, EV74H48A, EV88G73A, EV97U97A

32-bit Curiosity Boards

Microchip’s Curiosity 32-bit MCU DevKits are professional development platforms for PIC32 and SAM Cortex-M microcontrollers. Featuring powerful 32-bit processing, integrated debugging, rich peripherals, and MPLAB® ecosystem support, they enable rapid prototyping and deployment of advanced embedded applications. Ideal for IoT, industrial automation, HMI, edge computing, and real-time control, these kits provide high performance, extensive memory resources, and plug-and-play development with onboard programming and debugging via a single USB connection.

Features

Supports PIC32 and SAM Cortex-M MCU families
High-performance 32-bit architecture
Integrated USB programmer and debugger
MPLAB® X IDE compatibility
MPLAB® Harmony framework supports many devices
Advanced communication and connectivity evaluation
Expansion-ready ecosystem for sensors, displays, and wireless modules
Rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept development
Scalable path from evaluation to production design
Suitable for IoT, industrial, medical, consumer, and smart-edge applications Development

Explore 32bit Curiosity Boards

AC320007, DM320101, DM320103, DM320104, DM320104-BNDL, DM320107, DM320209, DM320210, DT100113, EV06X38A, EV09H35A, EV12U44A, EV14C17A, EV15N46A, EV16W43A, EV17V75A, EV31E34A, EV33A17A, EV44P93A, EV51S73A, EV53V42A, EV56T44A, EV66Z56A, EV76R77A, EV78Y10A, EV80P12A, EV81X90A, EV87D54A

Curiosity 32-bit MPU - SAMA5, SAM9 (Cortex-A / Application Processors)

The Microchip Curiosity 32-bit MPU DevKits provide a powerful platform for developing advanced embedded systems using SAMA5 and SAM9 Arm Cortex-A application processors. Designed for industrial gateways, HMIs, medical, energy, automation, and IoT applications, they support Embedded Linux, graphics, networking, cloud connectivity, and edge computing. These kits enable rapid evaluation and prototyping while delivering greater performance, memory, and OS capabilities than traditional microcontroller platforms.

Features

Supports SAMA5 and SAM9 application processor families
Arm® Cortex-A based architecture
Embedded Linux ready platform
Advanced networking and connectivity support
Security-focused development capabilities
Support for graphical user interfaces (GUI) and HMI design
High-speed external memory and storage interfaces
Expansion options for industrial and IoT prototyping
Ideal for edge computing and gateway development
Accelerates evaluation and production design migration

Explore 32bit Curiosity MPU Boards

EA03X56A, EA89C15A, EV07R15A, EV31H43A, EV40E67A, EV63J76A

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, EV56T44A, EV76S68A

8-bit Curiosity Nano Boards MCUs: ATmega, ATtiny, AVR, PIC

16-bit Curiosity Nano Boards MCUs: PIC, dsPIC

32-bit Curiosity Nano Board MCUs: PIC, SAM

Curiosity Nano Base Board Hardware extension base enabling easy integration between Curiosity Nano kits, mikroBUS™ Click modules, and Xplained Pro extension boards.

Curiosity 64-bit MPU - SAM (Cortex-A7)

The Microchip Curiosity 64-bit MPU DevKits accelerate development of Linux-based embedded systems using SAMA7 Arm Cortex-A7 MPUs. Designed for industrial IoT, smart HMIs, medical devices, building automation, and edge gateways, they provide a robust evaluation platform with advanced graphics, connectivity, security, and edge intelligence. Features include Embedded Linux, rich GUIs, edge analytics, industrial networking, secure cloud connectivity, and multitasking.