Mikroe mikromedia 3, User Manual

mikromedia 3 for PIC32MZ CAPACITIVE is a compact 
development board designed as a complete solution for 
the rapid development of multimedia and GUI-centric 
applications. By featuring a 3.5” capacitive touch screen 
driven by the powerful graphics controller that can display 
the 24-bit color palette (16.7 million colors), along with a 
DSP-powered embedded sound CODEC IC, represents a 
perfect solution for any type of multimedia application.

At its core, there is a powerful 32-bit  PIC32MZ2048EFH100 
microcontroller (referred to as “host MCU” in the following 
text), produced by Microchip, which provides sufficient 
processing power for the most demanding tasks, ensuring 
fluid graphical performance and glitch-free audio 
reproduction.

However, this development board is not limited to 
multimedia-based applications only: mikromedia 3 for 
PIC32MZ CAPACITIVE (“mikromedia 3” in the following 

text) features USB, digital motion sensor, battery charging 
functionality, SD-Card reader, and much more, expanding 
its use beyond the multimedia. Two standardized 1x26 
pin headers expose the available MCU pins to the user, 
adding another layer of expandability. By using mikromedia 3 
shield, connectivity can be further expanded with several 
mikroBUS

™

 sockets, additional connectors, peripherals, and 

so on.

The usability of mikromedia 3 does not end with its ability 
to accelerate the prototyping and application development 
stages: it is designed as the complete solution which can 
be implemented directly into any project, with no additional 
hardware modifications required. Four mounting holes 
(2mm/0.080”) at all four corners allow simple installation 
with mounting screws. For most applications, a nice stylish 
casing is all that is needed to turn the mikromedia 3 
development board into a fully functional, high-performance, 
feature-rich design.