Wi-FIRE Reference Manual

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The Wi-FIRE is based on the popular Arduino™ open-source hardware prototyping platform and adds the performance of the Microchip PIC32MZ microcontroller. The Wi-FIRE has a WiFi MRF24 and SD card on the board, both with dedicated SPI signals. The Wi-FIRE board takes advantage of the powerful PIC32MZ2048EFG microcontroller. This microcontroller features a 32-bit MIPS M5150 processor core running at 200 MHhz, 2MB of flash program memory, and 512K of RAM data memory. The Wi-FIRE can be programmed using the Arduino IDE with the Digilent Core. It contains everything needed to start developing embedded applications. The Wi-FIRE features a USB serial port interface for connection to the Arduino IDE and can be powered via USB or by an external power supply. In addition, the Wi-FIRE is fully compatible with the advanced Microchip MPLAB®X IDE and works with all MPLAB ®X compatible in-system programmer/debuggers, such as the Microchip PICkit™3 or the Digilent® chipKIT PGM. The Wi-FIRE is easy to use and suitable for both beginners and advanced users experimenting with electronics and embedded control systems.

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Features

  • Microchip® PIC32MZ2048EFG100 microcontroller (200 MHz 32-bit MIPS M5150, 2MB Flash, 512K RAM)
  • Microchip MRF24WG0MA WiFi module
  • Micro SD card connector
  • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed OTG controller with A and micro-AB connectors
  • 50 MHz SPI
  • 43 available I/O pins
  • Four user LEDs
  • PC connection uses a USB A > micro B cable (not included)
  • 12 analog inputs
  • 3.3 V operating voltage
  • 200MHz operating frequency
  • 7 V to 15 V input voltage (recommended)
  • 30 V input voltage (maximum)
  • 0 V to 3.3 V analog input voltage range
  • High efficiency, switching 3.3 V power supply providing low power operation

March 31, 2017

This manual applies to Rev D of the board

Production Release

The production boards of the Wi-FIRE are manufactured using the Microchip PIC32MZ2048EFG100 MCU. Earlier pre-production, Rev B and earlier, uses the PIC32MZ2048ECG100 MCU. The MCUs are pin for pin compatible, however the PIC32MZ2048EFG100 has substantially improved ADCs, and there is an FPU coprocessor. For the most part, code written to the pre-production Wi-FIRE will run unaltered on the Rev C or newer Wi-FIREs, with the exception of the ADCs. The Digilent core will support either MCU, even with respect to the new ADCs, as long as the Arduino hardware abstraction API, analogRead(), was used; no sketch source code change is required. The production PCB is identical between the Rev B and Rev C, with the exception of the silk screen to indicate Rev C.

Rev D boards now include a new header for MIPS JTAG debugging and iFlowtrace and a few hardware changes to support this connector. Most components on the board remained the same, although nearly all of the silk screen designators were changed from Rev C.


1: Wi-FIRE Hardware Overview

The Wi-FIRE has the following hardware features:

Call Out Component Description Call Out Component Description
1 IC3- Microchip MRF24WG0MA WiFi Module 14 JP5- Host USB Bus Power Enable
2 Reset 15 JP4- USB Overcurrent Detect
3 JP7- Reset Disable 16 J6- Analog and Digital Signal Connector
4 Potentiometer 17 JP1- 3.3 V / 5.0 V Shield Voltage Select
5 JP2- Microchip Debug Tool Connector 18 J1- Shield Power Connector
6 J4- I2C Signals 19 J15- 5.0 V Regulator Configuration
7 J5- Digital Signal Connector 20 J13- Power Select Jumper
8 PIC32 Microcontroller 21 User Buttons
9 J6- Digital Signal Connector 22 J12- External Power Connector Pin Connector
10 User LEDs 23 J15- External Power Connector Barrel Jack
11 J8- SPI Connector 24 JTAG/TRACE Programming/Debugging Header
12 JP6- USB Host or OTG Select 25 USB connector for USB Serial Converter
13 J10 & J11- USB Connectors 26 Serial Communication LEDs

2: Arduino IDE and USB Serial Communications

The Wi-FIRE board is designed to be used with the Arduino IDE with the Digilent core. Users can learn how to download the Digilent Core for the Arduino IDE from our guide here.

The Arduino IDE uses a serial communications port to communicate with a boot loader running on the Wi-FIRE board. The serial port on the Wi-FIRE board is implemented using an FTDI FT232RQ USB serial converter. Before attempting to use the Arduino IDE to communicate with the Wi-FIRE, the appropriate USB device driver must be installed; when you connect the Wi-FIRE on a Windows machine, the appropriate driver should install automatically.

The Wi-FIRE board uses a standard micro-USB connector. Generally, a USB A to micro-B cable is used for connection to a USB port on the PC.

When the Arduino IDE needs to communicate with the Wi-FIRE board, the board is reset and starts running the boot loader. The Arduino IDE then establishes communications with the boot loader and uploads the program to the board.

When the Arduino IDE opens the serial communications connection on the PC, the DTR pin on the FT232RQ chip is driven low. This pin is coupled through a capacitor to the MCLR pin on the PIC32 microcontroller. Driving the MCLR line low resets the microcontroller, which restarts the execution with the boot loader.

This automatic reset action (when the serial communications connection is opened) can be disabled. To disable this operation, there is a jumper labeled JP7, which can be disconnected. JP7 is normally shorted, but if the shorting block is removed, the automatic reset operation will be disabled.

Two red LEDs (LD5 and LD6) will blink when data is being sent or received between the Wi-FIRE and the PC over the serial connection.

3: Power Supply

The Wi-FIRE is designed to be powered via USB (J16), from an external power supply (J12 or J14), or from the USB OTG receptacle (J10). Jumper block J13 is used to select which power supply is used. The power supply voltage selected by J13 is applied to the unregulated power bus, VU.

In order to operate the Wi-FIRE as a USB device powered from the USB serial interface, (connector J16), place a shorting block in the UART position of jumper block J13. To operate the Wi-FIRE from an external power supply, attach the power supply to either J12 or J14 and place a shorting block in the EXT position of J13. Be sure to observe correct polarity when connecting a power supply to J12, as a reversed connection could damage the board. To operate the Wi-FIRE as a USB powered device from the USB OTG connector (J10), place a shorting block on the USB position of J13. This will normally only be done when running a sketch on the board that programs it to operate as a USB device. The power supply section in the Wi-FIRE provides two voltage regulators, a 3.3 V regulator and a 5 V regulator. All systems on the Wi-FIRE board itself operate at 3.3 V and are powered by the 3.3 V regulator. The 5 V regulator is used to provide power for external circuits, such as shields, that require 5 V for operation and to supply USB 5.0 V when the Wi-FIRE is used as a USB Host. The 5 V regulator can be completely disabled if it is not needed for a given application.

When a shield is used, connector J1 provides power to the shield. Connector J1 pin 8 provides VIN as applied by the external power source J12 or J14. If no power is provided to J12 or J14, VIN will not be powered. For most shields, pin 5 on connector J1 would provide 5.0 V to the shield; however, the Wi-FIRE is not 5 V tolerant and it would be very easy for a shield to destroy an input if 5.0 V were applied to the PIC32MZ. For this reason, JP1 was added to control the voltage supplied to the shield’s 5 V source. By default, JP1 is loaded to supply only 3.3 V on the 5.0 V pin so that the shield does not get 5 V and thus cannot inadvertently apply 5.0 V to any input to the Wi-FIRE. If the shield requires 5.0 V to operate, the shield will not work when 3.3 V is applied; JP1 must be selected to provide 5.0 V for the shield to work. However, extreme caution should be used when selecting 5.0 V on JP1 to ensure that the shield will observe IOREF and not supply 5.0 V to any input to the Wi-FIRE; as this will damage the input to the PIC32MZ on the Wi-FIRE.

The Wi-FIRE board is designed for low power operation and efficient use of battery power; a switching mode voltage regulator is used for the 3.3 V power supply. This switching mode regulator is made up of a Microchip MCP16301 and associated circuitry. It can operate on input voltages from 4 V to 30 V with up to 96% efficiency, and is rated for 600 mA total current output. The MCP16301 has internal short circuit protection and thermal protection. The 3.3 V regulator takes its input from the unregulated power bus, VU, and produces its output on the VCC3V3 power bus. The VCC3V3 bus provides power to all on-board systems and is available at the shield power connector (J1) to provide 3.3 V power to external circuitry, such as shields.

The 5 V regulator section provides a low dropout linear regulator. The 5.0 regulator is provided for powering external circuitry that needs a 5 V power supply, such as providing for USB 5.0 V when the Wi-FIRE is used as a USB Host, or to provide 5.0 V to the shield on J1 with JP1 selected to 5.0 V. This voltage regulator uses an On Semiconductor NCP1117LP. The NCP1117LP is rated for an output current of 1A. The dropout voltage of the NCP1117LP is a maximum of 1.4 V at 1A output current. The maximum input voltage of the NCP1117LP is 18 V. The recommended maximum operating voltage is 15 V. However, if the 5.0 V regulator is completely disable by removing all jumpers on J15, the external input voltage applied to J12 or J14 may be as high as the 30 V as limited by the switching mode 3.3 V regulator.

The input voltage to the 5 V regulator is taken from the VU bus, and the output is placed on the VCC5V0 power bus. There is a reverse polarity protection diode in the external power supply circuit. Considering the diode drop plus the forward drop across the regulator, the minimum input voltage to the regulator should be 7 V to produce a reliable 5 V output.

For input voltages above 9 V, the regulator will get extremely hot when drawing high currents. The NCP1117LP has output short circuit protection as well as internal thermal protection and will shut down automatically to prevent damage.

The 5 V regulator selection on J15 provides four 5 V power configurations:

1) 5 V regulator completely disabled and no 5 V power available;

2) 5 V regulator bypassed and 5 V provided from an external 5 V power supply, such as USB;

3) on-board 5 V regulator used to provide 5 V power;

4) External 5 V regulator used to regulate VU and provide 5 V power.

Jumper block J15 is used to select these various options and the following diagrams describe the use of J13. This diagram shows the arrangement of the signals on J15:

Pin arrangement of the voltage regulation options

Signals Description
LDO In The input to the on-board linear regulator.
LDO Out The output of the on-board regulator.
VU The unregulated input voltage selected by the jumper setting jumper block J13.
5V0 The connection to the VCC5V0 power bus on the Wi-FIRE board.
EN Ext Singal provided to enable an external voltage regulator, if one is being used. This would allow the sketch running on the Wi-FIRE to turn on/off the external voltage regulator. When used with an external voltage regulator, this allows the board to go into an extremely low power operating mode. This signal is connected to Port D, bit 13 (RD13) on the PIC32 microcontroller. This is accesible using digital pin 40.
GND Connection to the digital ground bus on the Wi-FIRE board.

To completely disable operation of the on-board linear regulator, remove all shorting blocks from J15. To use the on-board 5 V regulator, use the provided shorting blocks to connect VU to LDO In, and to connect LDO Out to 5V0, as follows:

Pin arrangement of using the 5 V regulation

Note: In this case, when J13 is in the EXT position, and J15 is jumpered to regulate the external input, do not apply more than 18 V. This can destroy the 5.0 V regulator.

To bypass the on-board 5 V regulator when powering the board from an externally regulator 5 V power supply, such as USB, Use one of the provided shorting blocks to connect VU to 5V0, as follows:

Pin arrangement of bypassing the 5 V regulation

An external 5 V regulator can be used. This would be desirable, for example, when operating from batteries. An external switching mode 5 V regulator could be used to provide higher power efficiency than the on-board linear regulator. In this case, use wires as appropriate to connect VU to the unregulated input of the external regulator. Connect the regulated 5 V output to 5V0. Connect GND to the ground connection of the external regulator. Optionally, connect EN Ext to the enable input control of the external regulator, if available. This allows the external regulator to be turned off for low power operation. Digital pin 50 is then used to turn on/off the external regulator.

The PIC32MZ microcontroller is rated to use a maximum of 60 mA of current when operating at 200 MHz. The MRF24WG0MA WiFi module typically consumes a maximum of 237 mA when transmitting. This allows approximately 303 mA of current to power the remaining 3.3 V circuitry on the Wi-FIRE board and external circuitry powered from the VCC3V3 bus. No circuitry on the Wi-FIRE board is powered from the VCC5V0 power bus, leaving all current available from the 5 V regulator to power external circuitry and the USB 5.0 V power bus when the Wi-FIRE is used as a USB Host.

The POWER connector (J1) is used to power shields connected to the Wi-FIRE board. Pin 1 is unconnected, the following pins are provided on this connector:

  • IOREF (pin 2): This pin is tied to the VCC3V3 bus.
  • RST (pin 3): This connects to the MCLR pin on the PIC32 microcontroller and can be used to reset the PIC32.
  • 3V3 (pin 4): This routes the 3.3 V power bus to shields.
  • 5V0 (pin 5): This routes 3.3 V or 5.0 V power to shields depending on the position of JP1.
  • GND (pin 6, 7): This provides a common ground connection between the Wi-FIRE and the shields. This common ground is also accessible on connector J3.
  • VIN (pin 8): This connects to the voltage provided at the external power supply connectors (J12 and J14). This can be used to provide unregulated input power to the shield. It can also be used to power the Wi-FIRE board from the shield instead of from the external power connector. If no power is supplied at J12 or J14 or from the shield, VIN will not have any power on it.

4: 5 V Compatibility

The PIC32 microcontroller operates at 3.3 V. The original Arduino boards operate at 5 V, as do many Arduino shields.

There are two issues to consider when dealing with 5 V compatibility for 3.3 V logic. The first is protection of 3.3 V inputs from damage caused by 5 V signals. The second is whether the 3.3 V output is high enough to be recognized as a logic high value by a 5 V input.

The digital I/O pins on the PIC32 microcontroller are 5 V tolerant. The, whereas the analog capable I/O pins are not 5 V tolerant. There are 48 analog capable I/O pins on the PIC32MZ, and this applies to most GPIO pins on the processor. Historically, clamp diodes and current limiting resistors have been used to protect the analog capable I/O from being damaged but because of the large number of analog capable I/Os and because clamp diodes and resistors will limit the maximum speed at which these I/Os will operate, it was decided that the Wi-FIRE would not be 5 V tolerant. Instead, JP1 was added to allow for the 5V0 bus to the shield to be selectable between 3.3 V or 5.0 V. If 5.0 V is selected, great care must be used to ensure that no input to the PIC32MZ exceeds 3.6 V as that will damage the PIC32MZ.

The minimum high-voltage output of the PIC32 microcontroller is rated at 2.4 V when sourcing 12 mA of current. When driving a high impedance input (typical of CMOS logic) the output high voltage will be close to 3.3 V. Some 5 V devices will recognize this voltage as a logic high input, and some won’t. Many 5 V logic devices will work reliably with 3.3 V inputs.

5: Input/ Output Connections

The Wi-FIRE board provides 43 of the I/O pins from the PIC32 microcontroller at pins on the input/output connectors J4, J5, J6, J7, and J8.

The PIC32 microcontroller can source or sink a maximum of 15 mA on all digital I/O pins; however, some pins can source or sink 25 mA or even 33 mA, check with the PIC32MZ datasheet for more information. To keep the output voltage within the specified output voltage range (VOL 0.4 V, VOH 2.4 V) the pin current must be restricted to +/-10 mA on the 15 mA pins, or for the higher current pins check the PIC32MZ datasheet for the maximum currents. The maximum current that can be sourced or sunk across all I/O pins simultaneously is +/- 150 mA. The maximum voltage that can be applied to any I/O pin is 3.6 V. For more detailed specifications, refer to the PIC32MZ Data Sheet available from www.microchip.com.

The Arduino system uses logical pin numbers to identify digital I/O pins on the connectors. The logical pin numbers for the I/O pins on the Wi-FIRE are 0-42. These pin numbers are labeled in the silk screen on the board. Additional pins 43-70 allow access to the on board components such as the uSD, MRF24 WiFi radio, User LEDs / BTNs, and POT.

Pins 0-7 and 27-33 are available on header J6 on the outer and inner row of pins, respectively. Pins 8-13 and 34-41 are available on header J5 on the outer and inner row of pins, respectively. Pin 42 is also available on the outer pin labeled “A” on the silkscreen on header J5; it is normally for the reference voltage for the microcontrollers ADC, but it can also be used as a digital I/O pin.

Analog input pins A0 through A12 are available on header J7 with A0-A5 on the outer row of pins and A6-A12 on the inner row of pins. The pins on the header J7 can also be used as digital pins rather than just analog pins 14-25 with 14-19 on the outer row of pins and 20-25 on the inner row of pins.

In addition to the connector pin on header J5, Pin 13 also connects to the user LED LD1. Pin 43, 44, and 45 connect to user LEDs LD2, LD3, and LD4, but do not attach to any connector. Pins 46 and 47 connect to Buttons BTN1 and BTN2 and do not attach to any connector.

6: 802.11b/g Interface

The 802.11b/g compatible WiFi interface on the Wi-FIRE is provided by a Microchip MRF24WG0MA WiFi module. This module provides the radio transceiver, antenna, and 802.11 compatible network firmware.

The MRF24WG0MA firmware provides the 802.11 network protocol software support. The DEIPcK and DEWFcK libraries provide the TCP/IP network protocol support that works with the 802.11 protocol support provided by the WiFi module.

The primary communications interface with the MRF24WG0MA WiFi module is a 4 wire SPI bus. This SPI bus uses SPI4 in the PIC32 microcontroller, and this SPI controller is dedicated to use for communications with the WiFi module.

The WiFi module supports SPI clock speeds up to 25MHz. In addition to the SPI interface, the interface to the WiFi module also includes a reset signal, an interrupt signal and a hibernate signal. The active low RESET signal is used to reset the WiFi module The external interrupt signal, INT, is used by the module to signal to the host microcontroller that it needs servicing by the microcontroller software. The INT signal on the WiFi module is connected to external interrupt INT4 on the PIC32 microcontroller and is not routed to any connector. The active low HIBERNATE signal is used to power the WiFi module down and puts it into a low power state.

The interface signals to the WiFi module are controlled by the network libraries and are not normally accessed by the user sketch. Refer to the schematic for the Wi-FIRE board for details on these connections.

More detailed information about the operation of the MRF24WG0MA can be obtained from the manufacturer data sheet available from www.microchip.com.

7: Network Library Software

The WiFi module on the Wi-FIRE is intended for use with the Digilent Embedded network libraries, DEIPcK and DEWFcK. The DEIPcK library provides TCP/UDP/IP protocol support for all compatible network interfaces supported by Digilent products, including the Wi-FIRE. The DEWFcK library provides the additional library support required for connecting to and operating with the Microchip MRF24WG0MA wireless network modules. Caution should be used in understanding that the DEIPcK library is different than the DNETcK network libraries. DEIPcK is the Digilent Embedded Open Source IP stack that supports both the MX and MZ processor lines, while the DNETcK IP stack is built on top of the Microchip MLA proprietary stack and only supports the MX processor line, and will not work with the Wi-FIRE.

The DEWFcK library supports the MRF24WG0MA WiFi module as loaded on the Wi-FIRE. The correct header file must be used to specify the network hardware being used by the sketch. When writing a network sketch on the Wi-FIRE, use the following hardware library:

#include <MRF24G.h>

The Digilent Embedded network libraries are available as part of the Digilent core (Arduino IDE) download at our installing the Digilent Core guide. If you have previously installed the Digilent Network Stack as a 3rd party library, you will need to delete the Network libraries from your 3rd party sketchbook\libraries subdirectory and use the one installed with the Digilent Core (Arduino IDE). Having both libraries installed will cause compile time errors.

There are reference examples demonstrating the use of these libraries as part of the examples code downloaded with the Digilent core (Arduino IDE).

8: USB Interface

The PIC32MZ microcontroller on the Wi-FIRE contains a USB 2.0 Compliant, Hi/Full-Speed Device and On-The-Go (OTG) controller. This controller provides the following features:

  • USB Hi or Full speed host and device support.
  • Low speed host support.
  • USB OTG support.
  • Endpoint buffering anywhere in system RAM.
  • Integrated DMA to access system RAM and Flash memory

Connector J12 is a standard USB type A receptacle. This connector will be used when the Wi-FIRE has been programmed to operate as a USB embedded host. The USB device is connected either directly to the Wi-FIRE, or via cable to this connector.

Connector J11, on the bottom of the board, is the Device/OTG connector. This is a standard USB micro-AB connector. Connect a cable with a micro-A plug (optionally available from Digilent) from this connector to an available USB port on a PC or USB hub for device operation.

The USB specification allows for two types of devices with regard to how they are powered: self-powered devices and bus powered devices. A self-powered device is one that is powered from a separate power supply and does not draw power from the USB bus. A bus powered device is one that draws power from the USB bus and does not have a separate power supply. The Wi-FIRE can be operated as a self-powered device or as a bus powered device from either the USB serial connector (J16) or the USB OTG/device connector (J10).

For operation as a self-powered device, place a shorting block on the EXT position of J13 and connect a suitable external power supply to either J12 or J14.

To operate the Wi-FIRE as a bus powered device powered from the USB serial connector (J16), place a shorting block in the UART position of J13. To operate as a bus powered device powered from the OTG/device connector (J10), place a shorting block in the USB position of J13.

Note that there are two completely independent USB interfaces on the Wi-FIRE board, and it is possible for the Wi-FIRE to appear as two different USB devices at the same time. These two devices can be connected to two different USB ports on the same host, or to USB ports on two different hosts. If the Wi-FIRE board is connected to two different USB hosts simultaneously, there will be a common ground connection between these two hosts through the Wi-FIRE board. In this case, it is possible for ground current to flow through the Wi-FIRE board, possibly damaging one or the other USB host if they do not share a common earth ground connection.

When the Wi-FIRE is operating as a bus powered device using USB connector J16, it will appear as a self-powered device from the perspective of a USB host connected to J10. Similarly, when operating as a bus powered device from connector J10, it will appear as a self-powered device from the perspective of connector J16.

A USB host is expected to be able to provide bus power to USB devices connected to it. Therefore, when operating as a USB host, the Wi-FIRE should normally be externally powered. Connect a power supply to the external power connector, J15. It is possible to operate the Wi-FIRE as a USB host powered from USB connector J16; however, in this case, the host USB port will be providing power for the Wi-FIRE as well as the USB device connected to the Wi-FIRE. In this case, ensure that the total load does not exceed the 500 mA maximum load that a USB device is allowed to present to the host.

The USB host provides regulated 5 V power to the connected USB device. The internal 5 V LDO regulator can be used to provide the USB power when operating from an external power supply. Place shorting blocks on jumper block J15, as described above in the power supply section.

If the external power supply being used is a regulated 5 V supply, place a shorting block between pins VU and 5V0 on connector J15, as described above in the power supply section to bypass the on board 5.0 V regulator.

The power supply used must be able to supply enough current to power both the Wi-FIRE, and the attached USB device, since the Wi-FIRE provides power to the attached USB device when operating as a host. The USB 2.0 specification requires that the host provide at least 100 mA to the device.

Jumper JP6 is used to provide the required USB host capacitance to the host connector being used. Place the shorting block in the “A” position when using the standard USB type A (host) Connector (J11). Place the shorting block in the “AB” position for use with the USB micro-AB (OTG) connector (J10).

With JP5 shorted, Digilent pin 25 drives the enable input of a TPS2051B Current-Limited Power Distribution Switch to supply 5 V USB power to the host connector. This switch has over-current detection capability and provides an over-current fault indication by pulling the signal USBOC low. The over-current output pin can be monitored via the Digilent pin 8 (RA14/INT3) when JP4 is shorted. Details about the operation of the TPS2051B can be obtained from the data sheet available at www.ti.com.

When using the Wi-FIRE outside the Arduino IDE environment, the Microchip Harmony Library provides USB stack code that can be used with the board. There are reference designs available on the Microchip web site demonstrating both device and host operation of PIC32 microcontrollers. These reference designs can be modified for developing USB firmware for the Wi-FIRE.

9: SD Card Interface

The micro-SD card connector provides the ability to access data stored on micro-SD sized flash memory cards using the SD card library provided as part of the Arduino IDE software system.

The SD card is accessed using an SPI interface on PIC32 microcontroller pins dedicated to this purpose. The Arduino IDE SD library uses a “bit-banged” software SPI implementation to talk to SD card. However, software can be written to access the SD card using SPI3.

On the Wi-FIRE board, SPI3 and I/O pins used to communicate with the SD card are dedicated to that function and are not shared with other uses.

10: Peripheral I/O Functions

The PIC32 microcontroller on the Wi-FIRE board provides a number of peripheral functions. The provided peripherals are explained in the following sections.

10.1: UART Ports

UART 4: Asynchronous serial port. Pin 0 (RX), Pin 1 (TX). This is accessed using the runtime object: Serial. These pins are connected to I/O connector J6 and are also connected to the FT232RQ USB serial converter. It is possible to use these pins to connect to an external serial device when not using the FT232RQ USB serial interface. This uses UART4 (U4RX, U4TX) on the PIC32 microcontroller.

UART 1: Asynchronous serial port. Pin 39 (RX), Pin 40 (TX). This is accessed using the runtime object: Serial1. This uses UART1 (U1RX, U1TX) on the PIC32 microcontroller.

10.2: SPI

Synchronous serial port. Pin 10 (SS), Pin 11 (MOSI), Pin 12 (MISO), Pin 13 (SCK). This can be accessed using the SPI standard library. It can also be accessed using the DSPI0 object from the DSPI standard library. This uses SPI2 (SS2, SDI2, SDO2, SCK2) on the PIC32 microcontroller. These signals also appear on connector J5. Be aware that pin 13 (SCK) is shared with USER LED1, and that both LED1 and the SPI port cannot be used concurrently.

SPI1: Synchronous serial port. This is an additional SPI interface on the PIC32 microcontroller that can be assessed using the DSPI1 object from the DSPI standard library. SS1 is accessed via digital pin number 7. SDO1 is accessed via digital pin 35. SDI1 is accessed via digital pin 36. SCK1 is connected to digital pin 5.

10.3: I²C

Synchronous serial interface. The PIC32 microcontroller shares analog pins A4 and A5 with the two I2C signals, SDA and SCL. This uses I2C4 (SDA4, SCL4) on the PIC32 microcontroller. Both SDA4 and SCL4 are accessible on connector J4.

Note: The I2C bus uses open collector drivers to allow multiple devices to drive the bus signals. This means that external pull-up resistors must be provided to supply the logic high state for the signals.

10.4: PWM

Pulse width modulated output; Pins 3 (OC1), 5 (OC2), 6 (OC3), 9 (OC4), 10 (OC9), and 11 (OC7). These can be accessed using the analogWrite() runtime function.

10.5: External Interrupts

Pin 3 (INT0), Pin 2 (INT1), Pin 7 (INT2), Pin 8 (INT3), Pin 59 (INT4). Note that the pin numbers for INT0 and INT4 are different than on some other Digilent boards. INT4 is dedicated for use with the MRF24WG0MA WiFi module and is not brought out to a connector pin.

10.6: User LEDs

Pin 13 (LD1), Pin 43 (LD2), Pin 44 (LD3), Pin 45 (LD4). Pin 13 is shared between a connector pin and the LED. Pin 43, 44, and 45 only goes to the LED and are not brought out to any connector pin. Driving the pin HIGH turns the LED on, driving it LOW turns it off.

10.7: User Push Buttons

There are two push button switches, which are labeled BTN1 (pin 46), and BTN2 (pin 47). The digitalRead() function will return LOW if the button is not pressed and HIGH when the button is pressed.

10.8: A/D Converter Reference

Labeled A, the left-most outer pin on connector J5. This is used to provide an external voltage reference to determine the input voltage range of the analog pins. The maximum voltage that can be applied to this pin is 3.3 V. This pin can also be used as digital pin 42.

10.9: Potentiometer

A potentiometer (pot) is provided on the board to be used as an analog signal source or analog control input. The pot is a 10 kΩ trimmer pot connected between the VCC3V3 supply and ground. The wiper of the pot is connected to analog input A12 or Digilent pin 48. The pot is read using the analogRead() function.

10.10: VU Voltage Monitor

The supply voltage as provided by J13 can be monitored on analog input A13 or digital pin 49. The voltage presented to the analog input is 1/11th of the actual VU voltage. This allows for a supply voltage between 2.2 V to 30 V to be monitored and still fall within the range of 0 to 3.3 V on the analog input. By doing an analogRead(49), the supply voltage can be monitored.

10.11: RTCC

The PIC32 microcontroller contains an RTCC circuit that can be used to maintain time and date information. The operation of the RTCC requires a 32.768 kHhz frequency source. Crystal X1 (not loaded), just above and to the right of the PIC32 microcontroller IC, is provided for you to solder a 32 kHhz watch crystal. The Citizen CFS206-32.768KDZF-UB crystal can be used in this location.

UPDATE: At this time, the PIC32MZ processor does not support crystals as a source for the secondary clock and an oscillator must be used. The unloaded circuit as provided may not be usable for an RTCC source.

10.12: RESET

The PIC32 microcontroller is reset by bringing its MCLR pin low. The MCLR pin is connected to the RST pin, as presented on J1.

As previously described earlier, reset of the PIC32 microcontroller can be initiated by the USB serial converter. The USB serial converter brings the DTR pin low to reset the microcontroller. Jumper JP7 can be used to enable/disable the ability for the USB serial converter to initiate a reset.

The RST is connected to pin 3 of connector J1. This allows circuitry on a shield to reset the microcontroller, or to ensure that the circuitry on the shield is reset at the same time as the microcontroller.

Connector J8 provides access to the SPI bus. Pin 5 provides access to the SPI Slave Select signal (SS).

On Arduino boards, the corresponding connector is also used as an in-system programming connector as well as providing access to some of the SPI signals. On Arduino boards, pin 5 of this connector is connected to the reset net.

Some Arduino shields, most notably the Ethernet shield, connect pin 5 on J8 to the reset net on pin 3 of connector J1. This causes the processor to be reset each time an attempt is made to access the SPI port. Jumper JP3 can be used to break the connection between J8 pin 5 and reset when using Arduino shields that make this connection. JP3 has a cuttable trace on the top of the board that can be cut to break the connection between SPI SS and reset. JP3 is not loaded at the factory. To restore the connection, solder a two pin header at the JP3 position and install a shorting block.

A reset button is located to the right of the MRF24WG0MA WiFi module. Pressing this button resets the PIC32 microcontroller.

11: Microchip Development Tool Compatibility

In addition to being used with the Arduino IDE, the Wi-FIRE board can be used as a more traditional microcontroller development board using Microchip Development Tools.

Unloaded connector JP2 on the right side of the MRF24WG0MA WiFi module is used to connect to a Microchip development tool, such as the PICkit™3. The holes for JP2 are staggered so that a standard 100-mil spaced 6-pin header can fit to the board without the need to solder it in place. Any Microchip development tool that supports the PIC32MZ microcontroller family, and that can be connected via the same 6-pin ICSP interface as the PICkit™3, can be used.

Typically, a standard male connector and a 6-pin cable is used with JP2 so that a PICkit™3 can be attached to the Wi-FIRE board.

The Digilent chipKIT PGM can also be used in place of a PICkit3 to program the Wi-FIRE with the Microchip Development tools. The chipKIT PGM has a smaller form factor and does not need a 6-pin cable to connect to JP2.

The Microchip MPLAB ®X IDE can be used to program and debug code running on the Wi-FIRE board. The MPLAB ®X IDE can be downloaded from the Microchip web site. Please note that Microchip’s MPLAB® V8 and earlier IDEs cannot be used with the Wi-FIRE, as those versions of MPLAB® IDE do not support the MZ processor.

Using the Microchip development tools to program the Wi-FIRE board will cause the boot loader to be erased. To use the board with the Arduino IDE again, it is necessary to program the boot loader back onto the board. The boot loader HEX file can be found at on the Wi-FIRE Resource Center. To reprogram the bootloader, use the Microchip IPE which comes with the MPLAB ®X tool set. The bootloader cannot be easily reprogrammed directly with the MPLAB ®X IDE.

12: Programming and Debugging with OpenOCD through the EJTAG/Trace Connector

OpenOCD (Open On-Chip Debugger) is a system that provides debugging, in-system programming, and boundary-scan testing for embedded target devices. For the Wi-FIRE, users may use the OpenOCD directly with the Wi-FIRE through the primary programming UART port.

Header J17 provides a EJTAG header where users may attach a debugging adapter such as the Bus Blaster v3C to use with OpenOCD.

More information on how to use OpenOCD Debug with the Wi-FIRE can be found via MIPS Debug OpenOCD with Bus Blaster Getting Started Guide available on the Imagination Technologies website. A OpenOCD Installer that provides CodeScape SDK and all of the support files for the WiFIRE is available on the MIPS website here.

13: Pinout Tables

The following tables show the relationship between the digital pin numbers, the connector pin numbers, and the microcontroller pin numbers.

In the following tables, columns labeled Digilent pin # refer to the digital pin number. This is the value that is passed to the pinMode(), digitalRead(), digitalWrite() and other functions which refer to the pin.

13.1: Pinout Table by Digilent Pin Number

Digilent Pin # MCU Pin Port Bit PIC32 Signal Name Function
0 57 RF02 EBIRDY3/RPF2/SDA3/RF2 GPIO, U4RX
1 58 RF08 EBIRDY2/RPF8/SCL3/RF8 GPIO, U4TX
2 18 RE08 AN25/AERXD0/RPE8/RE8 GPIO, IC1, INT1
3 71 RD00 EMDIO/AEMDIO/RPD0/RTCC/INT0/RD0 PWM 1, INT0, OC1
4 60 RA03 EBIRDY1/SDA2/RA3 GPIO
5 76 RD01 RPD1/SCK1/RD1 PWM 2, OC2
6 77 RD02 EBID14/ETXEN/RPD2/PMD14/RD2 PWM 3, OC3
7 19 RE09 AN26/AERXD1/RPE9/RE9 GPIO, IC2, INT2
8 66 RA14 AETXCLK/RPA14/SCL1/RA14 GPIO, IC3, INT3
9 78 RD03 EBID15/ETXCLK/RPD3/PMD15/RD3 PWM 4, OC4
10 16 RG09 EBIA2/AN11/C2INC/ERXCLK/EREFCLK/AERXCLK/AEREFCLK/RPG9/PMA2/RG9 SPI_SS2, PWM 5, OC9, IC6
11 70 RD11 EMDC/AEMDC/RPD11/RD11 SPI_SDO2/SDI2 PWM 6, OC7
12 85 RF00 EBID11/ETXD1/RPF0/PMD11/RF0 SPI_SDI2/SDO2, T5CK(+)
13 10 RG06 AN14/C1IND/ECOL/RPG6/SCK2/RG6 SPI_SCK2, USER LED1
14 20 RB05 AN45/C1INA/RPB5/RB5 AIN0, GPIO
15 33 RB09 EBIA7/AN49/RPB9/PMA7/RB9 AIN1, GPIO
16 7 RC02 EBIA12/AN21/RPC2/PMA12/RC2 AIN2, GPIO
17 44 RB15 EBIA0/AN10/ERXD3/AETXD2/RPB15/OCFB/PMA0/RB15 AIN3, GPIO
18 11 RG07 EBIA4/AN13/C1INC/ECRS/RPG7/SDA4/PMA4/RG7 AIN4, SDA
19 12 RG08 EBIA3/AN12/C2IND/ERXDV/ECRSDV/AERXDV/AECRSDV/RPG8/SCL4/PMA3/RG8 AIN5, SCL
20 22 RB03 AN3/C2INA/RPB3/RB3 AIN6, GPIO
21 23 RB02 AN2/C2INB/RPB2/RB2 AIN7, GPIO
22 21 RB04 AN4/C1INB/RB4 AIN8, GPIO
23 24 RB01 PGEC1/AN1/RPB1/RB1 AIN9, GPIO
24 32 RB08 EBIA10/AN48/RPB8/PMA10/RB8 AIN10, GPIO
25 25 RB00 PGED1/AN0/RPB0/RB0 AIN11, GPIO, P32_VBUSON
26 91 RE00 EBID0/PMD0/RE0 GPIO
27 94 RE01 EBID1/PMD1/RE1 GPIO
28 98 RE02 EBID2/PMD2/RE2 GPIO
29 99 RE03 EBID3/RPE3/PMD3/RE3 GPIO
30 100 RE04 EBID4/AN18/PMD4/RE4 GPIO
31 3 RE05 EBID5/AN17/RPE5/PMD5/RE5 GPIO
32 4 RE06 EBID6/AN16/PMD6/RE6 GPIO
33 5 RE07 EBID7/AN15/PMD7/RE7 GPIO
34 82 RD05 SQICS1/RPD5/RD5 GPIO, T4CK
35 6 RC01 EBIA6/AN22/RPC1/PMA6/RC1 GPIO, T2CK, IC7
36 86 RF01 EBID10/ETXD0/RPF1/PMD10/RF1 GPIO, T6CK
37 59 RA02 EBICS0/SCL2/RA2 GPIO
38 79 RD12 EBID12/ETXD2/RPD12/PMD12/RD12 GPIO, T3Ck
39 47 RD14 AN32/AETXD0/RPD14/RD14 GPIO, U1RX
40 48 RD15 AN33/AETXD1/RPD15/SCK6/RD15 GPIO, U1TX
41 28 RA09 VREF-/CVREF-/AN27/AERXD2/RA9 GPIO, VREF-
42 29 RA10 VREF+/CVREF+/AN28/AERXD3/RA10 VREF+
43 81 RD04 SQICS0/RPD4/RD4 USER_LED2
44 35 RB11 AN6/ERXERR/AETXERR/RB11 USER_LED3
45 1 RG15 AN23/AERXERR/RG15 USER_LED4
46 2 RA05 EBIA5/AN34/PMA5/RA5 BTN1
47 61 RA04 EBIA14/PMCS1/PMA14/RA4 BTN2
48 42 RB13 AN8/ERXD1/AECOL/RB13 AIN12/POT
49 41 RB12 EBIA11/AN7/ERXD0/AECRS/PMA11/RB12 AIN13/POWER SUPPLY MONITOR
50 80 RD13 EBID13/ETXD3/PMD13/RD13 5V POWER ENABLE
51 43 RB14 EBIA1/AN9/ERXD2/AETXD3/RPB14/SCK3/PMA1/RB14 SD_SCK3
52 8 RC03 EBIWE/AN20/RPC3/PMWR/RC3 SD_SS3
53 34 RB10 EBIA13/CVREFOUT/AN5/RPB10/PMA13/RB10 SD_SDI3
54 9 RC04 EBIOE/AN19/RPC4/PMRD/RC4 SD_SDO3
55 69 RD10 RPD10/SCK4/RD10 MRF24_SCK4
56 68 RD09 EBIA15/RPD9/PMCS2/PMA15/RD9 MRF24_SS4
57 65 RF05 EBIA8/RPF5/SCL5/PMA8/RF5 MRF24_SDI4
58 88 RG00 EBID8/RPG0/PMD8/RG0 MRF24 SDO4
59 67 RA15 AETXEN/RPA15/SDA1/RA15 MRF24_INT4
60 87 RG01 EBID9/ETXERR/RPG1/PMD9/RG1 MRF24_HIBERNATE
61 64 RF04 EBIA9/RPF4/SDA5/PMA9/RF4 MRF24_RESET
62 38 RA01 TCK/EBIA19/AN29/RA1 TCK
63 17 RA00 TMS/EBIA16/AN24/RA0 TMS
64 40 RF12 TDO/EBIA17/AN31/RPF12/RF12 TDO
65 39 RF13 TDI/EBIA18/AN30/RPF13/SCK5/RF13 TDI
66 89 RA06 TRCLK/SQICLK/RA6 TRCLK
67 97 RG13 TRD0/SQID0/RG13 TRD0
68 96 RG12 TRD1/SQID1/RG12 TRD1
69 95 RG14 TRD2/SQID2/RG14 TRD2
70 90 RA07 TRD3/SQID3/RA7 TRD3
N/A 13 VSS POWER
N/A 14 VDD POWER
N/A 15 MCLR MCLR, ICSP
N/A 26 RB06 PGEC2/AN46/RPB6/RB6 ICSP
N/A 27 RB07 PGED2/AN47/RPB7/RB7 ICSP
N/A 30 AVDD POWER
N/A 31 AVSS POWER
N/A 36 VSS POWER
N/A 37 VDD POWER
N/A 45 VSS POWER
N/A 46 VDD POWER
N/A 49 RC12 OSCI/CLKI/RC12 XTAL
N/A 50 RC15 OSCO/CLKO/RC15 XTAL
N/A 51 VBUS POWER
N/A 52 VUSB3V3 POWER
N/A 53 VSS POWER
N/A 54 D- PIC32_USBD-
N/A 55 D+ PIC32_USBD+
N/A 56 RF03 USBID/RPF3/RF3 PIC32_USBID
N/A 62 VDD POWER
N/A 63 VSS POWER
N/A 72 RC13 SOSCI/RPC13/RC13 SOSC XTAL
N/A 73 RC14 SOSCO/RPC14/T1CK/RC14 SOSC XTAL
N/A 74 VDD POWER
N/A 75 VSS POWER
N/A 83 VDD POWER
N/A 84 VSS POWER
N/A 92 VSS POWER
N/A 93 VDD POWER

13.2: Pinout Table by MCU Pin and Port Bit Numbers

Port Bit Digilent Pin # MCU Pin PIC32 Signal Name Function
RA00 63 17 TMS/EBIA16/AN24/RA0 TMS
RA01 62 38 TCK/EBIA19/AN29/RA1 TCK
RA02 37 59 EBICS0/SCL2/RA2 GPIO
RA03 4 60 EBIRDY1/SDA2/RA3 GPIO
RA04 47 61 EBIA14/PMCS1/PMA14/RA4 BTN2
RA05 46 2 EBIA5/AN34/PMA5/RA5 BTN1
RA06 66 89 TRCLK/SQICLK/RA6 TRCLK
RA07 70 90 TRD3/SQID3/RA7 TRD3
RA09 41 28 VREF-/CVREF-/AN27/AERXD2/RA9 GPIO, VREF-
RA10 42 29 VREF+/CVREF+/AN28/AERXD3/RA10 VREF+
RA14 8 66 AETXCLK/RPA14/SCL1/RA14 GPIO, IC3, INT3
RA15 59 67 AETXEN/RPA15/SDA1/RA15 MRF24_INT4
RB00 25 25 PGED1/AN0/RPB0/RB0 AIN11, GPIO, P32_VBUSON
RB01 23 24 PGEC1/AN1/RPB1/RB1 AIN9, GPIO
RB02 21 23 AN2/C2INB/RPB2/RB2 AIN7, GPIO
RB03 20 22 AN3/C2INA/RPB3/RB3 AIN6, GPIO
RB04 22 21 AN4/C1INB/RB4 AIN8, GPIO
RB05 14 20 AN45/C1INA/RPB5/RB5 AIN0, GPIO
RB06 N/A 26 PGEC2/AN46/RPB6/RB6 ICSP
RB07 N/A 27 PGED2/AN47/RPB7/RB7 ICSP
RB08 24 32 EBIA10/AN48/RPB8/PMA10/RB8 AIN10, GPIO
RB09 15 33 EBIA7/AN49/RPB9/PMA7/RB9 AIN1, GPIO
RB10 53 34 EBIA13/CVREFOUT/AN5/RPB10/PMA13/RB10 SD_SDI3
RB11 44 35 AN6/ERXERR/AETXERR/RB11 USER_LED3
RB12 49 41 EBIA11/AN7/ERXD0/AECRS/PMA11/RB12 AIN13/POWER SUPPLY MONITOR
RB13 48 42 AN8/ERXD1/AECOL/RB13 AIN12/POT
RB14 51 43 EBIA1/AN9/ERXD2/AETXD3/RPB14/SCK3/PMA1/RB14 SD_SCK3
RB15 17 44 EBIA0/AN10/ERXD3/AETXD2/RPB15/OCFB/PMA0/RB15 AIN3, GPIO
RC01 35 6 EBIA6/AN22/RPC1/PMA6/RC1 GPIO, T2CK, IC7
RC02 16 7 EBIA12/AN21/RPC2/PMA12/RC2 AIN2, GPIO
RC03 52 8 EBIWE/AN20/RPC3/PMWR/RC3 SD_SS3
RC04 54 9 EBIOE/AN19/RPC4/PMRD/RC4 SD_SDO3
RC12 N/A 49 OSCI/CLKI/RC12 XTAL
RC13 N/A 72 SOSCI/RPC13/RC13 SOSC XTAL
RC14 N/A 73 SOSCO/RPC14/T1CK/RC14 SOSC XTAL
RC15 N/A 50 OSCO/CLKO/RC15 XTAL
RD00 3 71 EMDIO/AEMDIO/RPD0/RTCC/INT0/RD0 PWM 1, INT0, OC1
RD01 5 76 RPD1/SCK1/RD1 PWM 2, OC2
RD02 6 77 EBID14/ETXEN/RPD2/PMD14/RD2 PWM 3, OC3
RD03 9 78 EBID15/ETXCLK/RPD3/PMD15/RD3 PWM 4, OC4
RD04 43 81 SQICS0/RPD4/RD4 USER_LED2
RD05 34 82 SQICS1/RPD5/RD5 GPIO, T4CK
RD09 56 68 EBIA15/RPD9/PMCS2/PMA15/RD9 MRF24_SS4
RD10 55 69 RPD10/SCK4/RD10 MRF24_SCK4
RD11 11 70 EMDC/AEMDC/RPD11/RD11 SPI_SDO2/SDI2 PWM 6, OC7
RD12 38 79 EBID12/ETXD2/RPD12/PMD12/RD12 GPIO, T3Ck
RD13 50 80 EBID13/ETXD3/PMD13/RD13 5V POWER ENABLE
RD14 39 47 AN32/AETXD0/RPD14/RD14 GPIO, U1RX
RD15 40 48 AN33/AETXD1/RPD15/SCK6/RD15 GPIO, U1TX
RE00 26 91 EBID0/PMD0/RE0 GPIO
RE01 27 94 EBID1/PMD1/RE1 GPIO
RE02 28 98 EBID2/PMD2/RE2 GPIO
RE03 29 99 EBID3/RPE3/PMD3/RE3 GPIO
RE04 30 100 EBID4/AN18/PMD4/RE4 GPIO
RE05 31 3 EBID5/AN17/RPE5/PMD5/RE5 GPIO
RE06 32 4 EBID6/AN16/PMD6/RE6 GPIO
RE07 33 5 EBID7/AN15/PMD7/RE7 GPIO
RE08 2 18 AN25/AERXD0/RPE8/RE8 GPIO, IC1, INT1
RE09 7 19 AN26/AERXD1/RPE9/RE9 GPIO, IC2, INT2
RF00 12 85 EBID11/ETXD1/RPF0/PMD11/RF0 SPI_SDI2/SDO2, T5CK(+)
RF01 36 86 EBID10/ETXD0/RPF1/PMD10/RF1 GPIO, T6CK
RF02 0 57 EBIRDY3/RPF2/SDA3/RF2 GPIO, U4RX
RF03 N/A 56 USBID/RPF3/RF3 PIC32_USBID
RF04 61 64 EBIA9/RPF4/SDA5/PMA9/RF4 MRF24_RESET
RF05 57 65 EBIA8/RPF5/SCL5/PMA8/RF5 MRF24_SDI4
RF08 1 58 EBIRDY2/RPF8/SCL3/RF8 GPIO, U4TX
RF12 64 40 TDO/EBIA17/AN31/RPF12/RF12 TDO
RF13 65 39 TDI/EBIA18/AN30/RPF13/SCK5/RF13 TDI
RG00 58 88 EBID8/RPG0/PMD8/RG0 MRF24 SDO4
RG01 60 87 EBID9/ETXERR/RPG1/PMD9/RG1 MRF24_HIBERNATE
RG06 13 10 AN14/C1IND/ECOL/RPG6/SCK2/RG6 SPI_SCK2, USER LED1
RG07 18 11 EBIA4/AN13/C1INC/ECRS/RPG7/SDA4/PMA4/RG7 AIN4, SDA
RG08 19 12 EBIA3/AN12/C2IND/ERXDV/ECRSDV/AERXDV/AECRSDV/RPG8/SCL4/PMA3/RG8 AIN5, SCL
RG09 10 16 EBIA2/AN11/C2INC/ERXCLK/EREFCLK/AERXCLK/AEREFCLK/RPG9/PMA2/RG9 SPI_SS2, PWM 5, OC9, IC6
RG12 68 96 TRD1/SQID1/RG12 TRD1
RG13 67 97 TRD0/SQID0/RG13 TRD0
RG14 69 95 TRD2/SQID2/RG14 TRD2
RG15 45 1 AN23/AERXERR/RG15 USER_LED4
N/A 13 VSS POWER
N/A 14 VDD POWER
N/A 15 MCLR MCLR, ICSP
N/A 30 AVDD POWER
N/A 31 AVSS POWER
N/A 36 VSS POWER
N/A 37 VDD POWER
N/A 45 VSS POWER
N/A 46 VDD POWER
N/A 51 VBUS POWER
N/A 52 VUSB3V3 POWER
N/A 53 VSS POWER
N/A 54 D- PIC32_USBD-
N/A 55 D+ PIC32_USBD+
N/A 62 VDD POWER
N/A 63 VSS POWER
N/A 74 VDD POWER
N/A 75 VSS POWER
N/A 83 VDD POWER
N/A 84 VSS POWER
N/A 92 VSS POWER
N/A 93 VDD POWER

13.3: Pinout Table by PIC32 Microcontroller Pin

MCU Pin Port Bit Digilent Pin # PIC32 Signal Name Function
1 RG15 45 AN23/AERXERR/RG15 USER_LED4
2 RA05 46 EBIA5/AN34/PMA5/RA5 BTN1
3 RE05 31 EBID5/AN17/RPE5/PMD5/RE5 GPIO
4 RE06 32 EBID6/AN16/PMD6/RE6 GPIO
5 RE07 33 EBID7/AN15/PMD7/RE7 GPIO
6 RC01 35 EBIA6/AN22/RPC1/PMA6/RC1 GPIO, T2CK, IC7
7 RC02 16 EBIA12/AN21/RPC2/PMA12/RC2 AIN2, GPIO
8 RC03 52 EBIWE/AN20/RPC3/PMWR/RC3 SD_SS3
9 RC04 54 EBIOE/AN19/RPC4/PMRD/RC4 SD_SDO3
10 RG06 13 AN14/C1IND/ECOL/RPG6/SCK2/RG6 SPI_SCK2, USER LED1
11 RG07 18 EBIA4/AN13/C1INC/ECRS/RPG7/SDA4/PMA4/RG7 AIN4, SDA
12 RG08 19 EBIA3/AN12/C2IND/ERXDV/ECRSDV/AERXDV/AECRSDV/RPG8/SCL4/PMA3/RG8 AIN5, SCL
13 N/A VSS POWER
14 N/A VDD POWER
15 N/A MCLR MCLR, ICSP
16 RG09 10 EBIA2/AN11/C2INC/ERXCLK/EREFCLK/AERXCLK/AEREFCLK/RPG9/PMA2/RG9 SPI_SS2, PWM 5, OC9, IC6
17 RA00 63 TMS/EBIA16/AN24/RA0 TMS
18 RE08 2 AN25/AERXD0/RPE8/RE8 GPIO, IC1, INT1
19 RE09 7 AN26/AERXD1/RPE9/RE9 GPIO, IC2, INT2
20 RB05 14 AN45/C1INA/RPB5/RB5 AIN0, GPIO
21 RB04 22 AN4/C1INB/RB4 AIN8, GPIO
22 RB03 20 AN3/C2INA/RPB3/RB3 AIN6, GPIO
23 RB02 21 AN2/C2INB/RPB2/RB2 AIN7, GPIO
24 RB01 23 PGEC1/AN1/RPB1/RB1 AIN9, GPIO
25 RB00 25 PGED1/AN0/RPB0/RB0 AIN11, GPIO, P32_VBUSON
26 RB06 N/A PGEC2/AN46/RPB6/RB6 ICSP
27 RB07 N/A PGED2/AN47/RPB7/RB7 ICSP
28 RA09 41 VREF-/CVREF-/AN27/AERXD2/RA9 GPIO, VREF-
29 RA10 42 VREF+/CVREF+/AN28/AERXD3/RA10 VREF+
30 N/A AVDD POWER
31 N/A AVSS POWER
32 RB08 24 EBIA10/AN48/RPB8/PMA10/RB8 AIN10, GPIO
33 RB09 15 EBIA7/AN49/RPB9/PMA7/RB9 AIN1, GPIO
34 RB10 53 EBIA13/CVREFOUT/AN5/RPB10/PMA13/RB10 SD_SDI3
35 RB11 44 AN6/ERXERR/AETXERR/RB11 USER_LED3
36 N/A VSS POWER
37 N/A VDD POWER
38 RA01 62 TCK/EBIA19/AN29/RA1 TCK
39 RF13 65 TDI/EBIA18/AN30/RPF13/SCK5/RF13 TDI
40 RF12 64 TDO/EBIA17/AN31/RPF12/RF12 TDO
41 RB12 49 EBIA11/AN7/ERXD0/AECRS/PMA11/RB12 AIN13/POWER SUPPLY MONITOR
42 RB13 48 AN8/ERXD1/AECOL/RB13 AIN12/POT
43 RB14 51 EBIA1/AN9/ERXD2/AETXD3/RPB14/SCK3/PMA1/RB14 SD_SCK3
44 RB15 17 EBIA0/AN10/ERXD3/AETXD2/RPB15/OCFB/PMA0/RB15 AIN3, GPIO
45 N/A VSS POWER
46 N/A VDD POWER
47 RD14 39 AN32/AETXD0/RPD14/RD14 GPIO, U1RX
48 RD15 40 AN33/AETXD1/RPD15/SCK6/RD15 GPIO, U1TX
49 RC12 N/A OSCI/CLKI/RC12 XTAL
50 N/A OSCO/CLKO/RC15 XTAL
51 N/A VBUS POWER
52 N/A VUSB3V3 POWER
53 N/A VSS POWER
54 N/A D- PIC32_USBD-
55 N/A D+ PIC32_USBD+
56 RF03 N/A USBID/RPF3/RF3 PIC32_USBID
57 RF02 0 EBIRDY3/RPF2/SDA3/RF2 GPIO, U4RX
58 RF08 1 EBIRDY2/RPF8/SCL3/RF8 GPIO, U4TX
59 RA02 37 EBICS0/SCL2/RA2 GPIO
60 RA03 4 EBIRDY1/SDA2/RA3 GPIO
61 RA04 47 EBIA14/PMCS1/PMA14/RA4 BTN2
62 N/A VDD POWER
63 N/A VSS POWER
64 RF04 61 EBIA9/RPF4/SDA5/PMA9/RF4 MRF24_RESET
65 RF05 57 EBIA8/RPF5/SCL5/PMA8/RF5 MRF24_SDI4
66 RA14 8 AETXCLK/RPA14/SCL1/RA14 GPIO, IC3, INT3
67 RA15 59 AETXEN/RPA15/SDA1/RA15 MRF24_INT4
68 RD09 56 EBIA15/RPD9/PMCS2/PMA15/RD9 MRF24_SS4
69 RD10 55 RPD10/SCK4/RD10 MRF24_SCK4
70 RD11 11 EMDC/AEMDC/RPD11/RD11 SPI_SDO2/SDI2 PWM 6, OC7
71 RD00 3 EMDIO/AEMDIO/RPD0/RTCC/INT0/RD0 PWM 1, INT0, OC1
72 RC13 N/A SOSCI/RPC13/RC13 SOSC XTAL
73 RC14 N/A SOSCO/RPC14/T1CK/RC14 SOSC XTAL
74 N/A VDD POWER
75 N/A VSS POWER
76 RD01 5 RPD1/SCK1/RD1 PWM 2, OC2
77 RD02 6 EBID14/ETXEN/RPD2/PMD14/RD2 PWM 3, OC3
78 RD03 9 EBID15/ETXCLK/RPD3/PMD15/RD3 PWM 4, OC4
79 RD12 38 EBID12/ETXD2/RPD12/PMD12/RD12 GPIO, T3Ck
80 RD13 50 EBID13/ETXD3/PMD13/RD13 5V POWER ENABLE
81 RD04 43 SQICS0/RPD4/RD4 USER_LED2
82 RD05 34 SQICS1/RPD5/RD5 GPIO, T4CK
83 N/A VDD POWER
84 N/A VSS POWER
85 RF00 12 EBID11/ETXD1/RPF0/PMD11/RF0 SPI_SDI2/SDO2, T5CK(+)
86 RF01 36 EBID10/ETXD0/RPF1/PMD10/RF1 GPIO, T6CK
87 RG01 60 EBID9/ETXERR/RPG1/PMD9/RG1 MRF24_HIBERNATE
88 RG00 58 EBID8/RPG0/PMD8/RG0 MRF24 SDO4
89 RA06 66 TRCLK/SQICLK/RA6 TRCLK
90 RA07 70 TRD3/SQID3/RA7 TRD3
91 RE00 26 EBID0/PMD0/RE0 GPIO
92 N/A VSS POWER
93 N/A VDD POWER
94 RE01 27 EBID1/PMD1/RE1 GPIO
95 RG14 69 TRD2/SQID2/RG14 TRD2
96 RG12 68 TRD1/SQID1/RG12 TRD1
97 RG13 67 TRD0/SQID0/RG13 TRD0
98 RE02 28 EBID2/PMD2/RE2 GPIO
99 RE03 29 EBID3/RPE3/PMD3/RE3 GPIO
100 RE04 30 EBID4/AN18/PMD4/RE4 GPIO