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2*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandal * (c) 2015 Purna Chandra Mandal <purna.mandal@microchip.com>
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5*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalPIC32MZ[DA] Starter Kit
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7*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalPIC32MZ[DA] Starter Kit is based on PIC32MZ[DA] family of micro-controller.
8*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalThis family is powered by MIPS M14KEC 32bit general purpose core and has
9*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandaladvanced microcontroller features and peripherals.
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11*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalThis processor boots with proprietary stage1 bootloader running from internal
12*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandalboot-flash. Stage1 bootloader inturns locates and jumps to U-Boot programmed
13*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandalon internal program-flash. Finally U-Boot loads OS image (along with other
14*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandalrequired files for booting) from either uSD card, or ethernet, or from USB
15*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandalstorage.
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17*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalTo boot Linux following three files are mandatory - uEnv.txt (custom U-Boot
18*44da3a17SPurna Chandra Mandalenvironment file), uImage, *.dtb (platform device-tree-blob file).
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20*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalU-Boot jumps to Linux using UHI specification.
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22*44da3a17SPurna Chandra MandalVisit http://microchip.com for details.
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