PIC-IoT WG User Guide

PIC-IoT WG Development Board User Guide

Preface

The PIC-IoT WG development board is a small and easily expandable demonstration and development

platform for IoT solutions, based on the PIC

microcontroller architecture using Wi-Fi

technology. It was

designed to demonstrate that the design of a typical IoT application can be simplified by partitioning the

problem into three blocks:

• Smart - represented by the PIC24FJ128GA705 microcontroller

• Secure - represented by the ATECC608A secure element

• Connected - represented by the WINC1510 Wi-Fi controller module

The PIC-IoT WG development board feature the following elements:

• The PKOB nano provides access to a serial port interface (serial to USB bridge)

• The PKOB nano enumerates on the PC as a mass storage interface device for easy ‘drag and drop’

programming, Wi-Fi

configuration, and full access to the microcontroller application Command Line

Interface (CLI)

• An interface allowing for full programming and debugging support through MPLAB

X IDE

• mikroBUS

™

connector allows for the ability to expand the board capabilities with selection from 450+

sensors and actuator options offered by MikroElektronika (www.mikroe.com) via a growing portfolio

of Click boards

™

• A light sensor used to demonstrate published data

• A high-accuracy temperature sensor used to demonstrate published data

The PIC-IoT WG development board comes pre-programmed and configured for demonstrating the

connectivity to the Google Cloud IoT Core.

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Figure 1. PIC-IoT WG

The MPLAB

Code Configurator (MCC) with supporting PIC-IoT WG library can be used for generating

the firmware through MPLAB X

. To download/modify the firmware, the system requirements are the

following:

Table 1. Software Requirements

Required for PIC-IoT

IDE MPLAB X IDE v 5.15 or later

Compiler XC16 Compiler v 1.35 or later

Code Generation MCC Plug-in v 3.75

MCC Foundation Services v 0.1.32

MCC PIC-IoT WG Sensor Node v 1.1.1

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