chipKIT WiFire

Introducing the chipKITTM WiFire-the first chipKITTM to feature the latest, most powerful line of Microchip's microcontroller family.

"The PIC32MZ family provides [2.5x] the performance and 4x the memory over the previous-generation PIC32MX families, along with a high level of advanced peripheral integration. For applications requiring embedded connectivity, the family includes [Hi-Speed USB, Ethernet], along with a broad set of wired and wireless protocol stacks."

"The PIC32MZ is Microchip's first MCU to employ Imagination's MIPS microAptivTM core, which adds 159 new DSP instructions that enable the execution of DSP algorithms at up to 75% fewer cycles than the PIC32MX families. This core also provides the microMIPS® instruction-set architecture, which improves code density while operating at near full rate, instruction and data cache, and its 200 MHz/330 DMIPS offers [2.5x] the performance of the PIC32MX."

43 available I/O Pins, 12 Analog Inputs, 3.3 Operating voltage, 4 User LEDs, potentiometer, buttons, uses MRF24 on-board wireless module, micro SD Card, dedicated SPI Signals and high efficiency switching 3.3V switching power supply for low-power operation.

200MHz operation speed, 2MB of Flash, 512kB RAM, High Speed USB and a 50MHz SPI.

The WiFire can be programmed using MPIDE and with the addition of a compatible in-system programmer/debugger, can be used with the more fully featured/advanced Microchip MPLAB®X IDE.

PRE-PRODUCTION SILICON NOTICE: The first manufacturing build of the chipKITTM WiFire is produced using the PIC32MZ2048ECG100- A4 engineering silicon. The A4 version of the silicon is substantially close to the production silicon, so any designs that are done on this version of the chipKITTM WiFire will work without modification on the production version of the chipKITTM WiFire.