Digilent Basys MX3 - Overview

Basys MX3™ Board Reference Manual
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Overview
The Basys MX3 is a true MCU trainer board designed from the ground up around the teaching experience. Basys
MX3 features the PIC32MX370 from Microchip and was designed to be used with the MPLAB® X IDE. With an
exhaustive set of peripherals, students gain exposure to a wide range of embedded systems related concepts while
using a professional grade tool set. Accompanied by free and open source coursework, including seven in-depth
teaching units and 15 complete labs, the Basys MX3 is a versatile MCU trainer board ideal for teaching introductory
embedded systems courses.
 Power:
 Switches, Push-buttons, LEDs,
and Displays:
 Audio, Motor Control, and Other
Devices:
 Powered from USB or
any 5V external power
source
 USB and Debugging:
 USB-UART Bridge
 USB
programmer/debugger
 30-pin Analog Discovery
2 connector
 5 Push-buttons
 1 Reset button
 8 Slide switches
 8 LEDs
 1 RGB LED
 4-digit 7-segment display
 LCD character display
 Expansion Connectors:
 Two standard Pmod ports
o 16 Total
microcontroller I/O
 One I2C Connector
o 2 Total
microcontroller I/O
 Speaker with Audio Output Jack
and volume control
 Microphone with volume
control
 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver for
up to two 1.5 A Brushed DC
Motors or one stepper motor
 2 Servo Connectors
 FIR-compatible IrDA Module
 Potentiometer
 3-axis, 12-bit accelerometer
 4 MB SPI Flash
The Basys MX3.
 PIC32MX370F512L Microcontroller
 MIPS32® M4K® core runs up to
96 MHz using onboard 8 MHz oscillator
 512 KB of Program Flash Memory, 12 KB
of Boot Flash Memory
 128 KB of SRAM
 Four Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Modules
 Two SPI, Two I²C, and Five UART serial
interfaces
 Parallel Master Port (PMP) for graphics
interfaces
 Five 16-bit Timers/Counters
 Five Input Capture Modules
 Five Output Compare Modules
 85 I/O pins
o 54 pins support Peripheral Pin
Select (PPS) for function
remapping