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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Microchip 64bit multicore dev board
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| zeitfest Guru  Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 626 |
new Microchip 64bit multicore processor.... so new dev board .. board just the thing to make a led flash  |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8308 |
I think I'll wait for the Chinese clones on AliExpress. :) Nice board and, unusually, isn't priced only for major educational institutions. Probably because there's nothing to run on it yet. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| zeitfest Guru Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 626 |
sold out already  |
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| zeitfest Guru Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 626 |
Well they are in stock and I got me one... basically an early Christmas present to myself At first glimpse : Looks good, 4(+1) 64 bit 600 MHz processors with single and double precision FPU's, lots of memory, connectivity etc. Appears to optionally run Ubunto or a variant, SD card socket as per embedded Linux. Would make a good workstation I think. Not much documentation upfront. Uses Linux or Windows host for dev IDE , that is Visual Studio [ed] with JTAG via USB. Looks like installation is significant, so that is a future task as yet . The blurb says there is an ascii Space Invaders example app as part of the install so I will be aiming to play that in a while I see there is now a new pic64HX family "post quantum security " announced with eight+1 processors, available 2025 sometime !! Maybe a wait yet. Edited 2024-11-13 15:14 by zeitfest |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8308 |
Of course, you can play with RISC-V on the cheap using the RP2350. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1645 |
Happy new chip  Think I'll hold-off until matherp has all four cores running MMBasic. Hey, we're allowed to dream, aren't we?  |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8308 |
Dream on... The RP2350 has two "CPU sockets" and you choose which of the four available cores are "plugged in". It's not possible to run all four cores as only two can be accessible. I like your dream though. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1645 |
The dream was bigger than that; I was referring to the new 4-core Microchip |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8308 |
I did wonder... :) If you are *very* lucky it'll be a case of "Send me one and I'll see if it's possible" lol An outright "No" is probably much more likely :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1645 |
Bill of Materials required for World Domination: 1) PicoMite ✓ 2) ARMMiteH7 ✓ 3) CMM2 ✓ Think I'm all set, actually |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8308 |
What? You've not run SPI between two (or more) CMM2s? hehe... The Picomite Pear could be upgraded for Pico 2s, I suppose.... :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| zeitfest Guru Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 626 |
I have not made any Progress on this !!! It is way too complex for a casual stint. To install a dev env you have to : On a windows box : install the triple UART driver software and see the three serial I/O in their sessions, install Visual Studio Code, Install Python, Install CMake The board self-installs Ubunto trom the supplied sd card and then installs GCC and so on. You get the drift !!! So it was put on the backburner. I now see the board ("Curiosity ...ES") is slated for obsolescence and a new variant (not ..ES) with minor tweaks to some I/O will appear, however Microchip inform me that will not impact the current boards and they will still be useable apart from the slight I/O differences. Maybe next year... Edited 2025-11-22 18:33 by zeitfest |
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