EV14C17A Integrated Graphics and Touch Curiosity Evaluation Kit

The EV14C17A Integrated Graphics and Touch (IGAT) evaluation kit uses the Microchip Technology SAME5x 32-bit microcontroller to implement a minimized chip-count graphics and 2D touch screen solution for cost-sensitive applications without performance compromises. The EV14C17A is a hardware platform for evaluating the SAME51J20A microcontroller. This innovative system of hardware platform and software libraries will demonstrate how to easily craft human-machine interfaces for a variety of applications without the need for an external touch controller. This design is ahead of all other Arm® Cortex®-M4 touch and graphics solutions on the market because it eliminates the need for a dedicated touch controller and the need for tuning the controller, reducing cost and complexity. All firmware, including the graphics and touch library and demo applications, is publicly available through the integrated MPLAB® Harmony v3 Framework.

The evaluation kit integrates a complete touch screen, TFT graphics, and touch surface into a single-chip solution supported by the MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The evaluation kit provides easy access to the features of the SAME51J20A to integrate the device into a custom design. The IGAT Curiosity evaluation kit includes an on-board debugger; therefore, no external tools are necessary to program the SAME51J20A device.