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ChipKIT Pi

MX270 at 48MHz

Prototyping board + chipKIT Pi + Pi Zero

The ChipKITPi is a PIC32, MIPS32 based add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Model B.

It is designed to be used with the Multi-Platform Integrated Development Environment but this isn't a requirement.

RPi GPIO header

RPi-Connect
                    JP5
                +---J4---+
NC              01      02 GPIO0/GPIO2/SDA
GPIO1/GPIO3/SCL 03      04 NC
GPIO4           05      06 GND
GPIO18          07      08 GPIO17
GND             09      10 GPIO21/GPIO27
GPIO23          11      12 GPIO22
GPIO24          13      14 3V3
GND             15      16 GPIO10
GPIO25          17      18 GPIO9
GPIO8           19      20 GPIO11
GPIO7           21      22 GND
                +--------+

PIC32 GPIO headers

Arduino 3V3 compatible
                                                JA1             PIC32MX250F128B
                                                ===             ===============
JA4 POWER       PIC32MX250F128B                 NC NC
=========       ===============                 G  GND          8,19,27 GND
RESET           1       !MCLR                   13 D13 SCK      25      RB14
3V3             13,28   3V3                     12 D12 MISO     17      RB8
5V0                                             11 D11 MOSI PWM 3       RA1
GND             8,19,27 GND                     10 D10 SS       16      RB7
GND             8,19,27 GND                     9  D9 PWM       22      RB11    JP12
VIN                                             8  D8           21      RB10    JP13

                                                JA2
                                                ===
JA3 ANALOG                                      7  NC
==========                                      6  NC
A0              2       RA0     JP15            5  NC
A1              26      RB15    JP11            4  NC
NC                                              3  D3 INT1 PWM  24      RB13
NC                                              2  D2 INT2      14      RB5
SDA             6       RB2                     1  D1 TXD       11      RB4
SCL             7       RB3                     0  D0 RXD       12      RA4

LED

LED             PIC32MX250F128B
===             ===============
LED3            13,28   3V3
LED1            2       RA0     JP15
LED2            26      RB15    JP11
RX1             12      RA4
TX1             11      RB4

Switch

SW              PIC32MX250F128B
==              ===============
BOOTLOAD-EN     18      RB9
RESET           1       !MCLR

JTAG

JTAG    PIC32MX250128B          JTAG    PIC32MX250128B
====    ==============          ====    ==============
6       8,19,27 GND             5       14      RB5     JP10
4       18      RB9     JP6     3       17      RB8     JP8
2       13,28   3V3             1       16      RB7     JP14

ICSP

PIC32MX250F128B         RASPBERRY Pi
===============         ============

1       !MCLR  --330R-- GPIO4
4       PGD1   -------- GPIO15 Rx
5       PGC1   -------- GPIO14 Tx

ICSP is wired internally to the chipKIT Pi and no other wiring is necessary.

Boot loader & LED demo

The boot loader firmware can be updated or programmed into a blank chip using Pickle Microchip PIC ICSP.

The process is documented on the chipkit32 boot loader project page which also contains information about an LED blink demo.

Resources

Schematic