User Manual

 2012-2017 Microchip Technology Inc. Advance Information DS40001667E-page 37
MGC3030/3130
7.0 DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
Microchip provides software and hardware
development tools for the MGC3X30:
• Software:
- Aurea Software Package
- MGC3030/3130 Software Development Kit
- MGC3030/3130 Host Reference Code
•Schematics:
- GestIC
®
Hardware References
• Evaluation and Development Kits:
- MGC3130 Hillstar Development Kit
(DM160218)
- MGC3030 Woodstar Development Kit
(DM160226)
7.1 Aurea Software Package
The Aurea evaluation software demonstrates
Microchip’s GestIC technology and its features and
applications. Aurea provides visualization of the
MGC3X30 generated data and access to GestIC
Library controls and configuration parameters.
That contains the following:
• Visualization of hand position and user gestures
• Visualization of sensor data
• Real-time control of sensor features
• MGC3X30 GestIC Library update
• Analog front end parameterization
• Colibri parameterization
• Electrode capacitance measurement
• Logging of sensor values and storage in a log file
7.2 MGC3030/3130 Software
Development Kit
Microchip provides a standard C reference code with a
Software Development Kit. The code will support
developers to integrate the MGC3X30 solution into the
target application.
7.3 MGC3030/3130 PIC18 Host
Reference Code
Microchip provides a reference code for PIC18F14K50,
including GestIC Library I
2
C™ code and basic
message decoding.
7.4 GestIC Hardware References
The GestIC Hardware References package contains
the PCB Layouts (Gerber files) for the MGC
development kits (Hillstar and Woodstar) and a
collection of electrode reference designs fitting both
kits. In addition, the package includes designs,
parameter files and host code of various demonstrators
which represent complete systems for embedded or
PC-based applications. New designs will be added to
the package once they are available. The GestIC
Hardware Reference package can be downloaded
from Microchip’s website via www.microchip.com/
GestICResources.