User Guide
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Introducon
The WBZ451HPE Curiosity Board is an and modular development platform that supports rapidecient
prototyping and demonstrates the features, capabilities and interfaces of Microchip's Bluetooth® Low Energy
and Zigbee® RF Module.
The WBZ451HPE Curiosity Board:
• integrated programming/debugging features using the PICkitOers ™ On-board 4 (PKOB4) debugger
interface
• Requires only a USB Type-C™ cable to power-up, program, and debug the WBZ451HPE module
• Includes a mikroBUS™ Click™ header, which helps the users to expand the functionalities by connecting to
various MikroElektronika mikroBUS Click adapter boards
• Enables rapid prototyping by utilizing the Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee-enabled RF Module
• Two Xplained PRO (XPRO) headers for connecting various XPRO boards and for accessing the available
General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) for customer use
The WBZ451HPE Curiosity Board supports a variety of applications:
• Wireless lighting
• Industrial automation, Home automation and Internet of Things (IoT)
• Other Bluetooth Low Energy or Zigbee and proprietary applications
• Thread
Features
• WBZ451HPE Bluetooth® Low Energy and 802.15.4 RF Module
• USB or Li-Po Battery Powered
• On-Board Programmer/Debug Circuit Using PKoB4 Based on Microchip SAME70 MCU
• Microchip MCP73871 Li-Ion/LiPo Battery Charger with Power Path Management
• On-Board USB to UART Serial Converter with Hardware Flow Control Based on Microchip MCP2200
• mikroBUS™ Socket to Expand Functionality using MikroElektronika Click™ Adapter Boards
• RGB LED Controlled Using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
• One Reset Switch
• One SwitchUser-Congurable
• One User LED
• 32.768 kHz Crystal
• Microchip SST26VF064B, 64-Mbit External Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) Flash Memory
• Microchip MCP9700A, Low-Power Analog Voltage Temperature Sensor
• 10-Pin ARM® Serial Wire Debug (SWD) Header for External Programmer/Debugger
• Two XPRO Headers
WBZ451HPE Curiosity Board User's Guide
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