MPLAB® Harmony v3 Drivers and Middleware on PIC32MZ EF MCUs Using FreeRTOS: Step 1

Select File > New Project from the main IDE menu.

In the Categories pane of the New Project dialog window, select Microchip Embedded. In the Projects pane, select 32-bit MCC Harmony Project, then click Next.

Browse to the folder you downloaded the harmony framework to in the Framework Path edit box. If you haven't done this, or want to download it to a different folder, click the Launch Content Manager button, then click Next.

In the Project Settings window, apply the following settings:

• Location: Location indicates the path to the root folder of the new project. All project files will be placed inside this folder. The project location can be any valid path, for example, C:\microchip\harmony\v3\training\dev.
• Folder: Folder indicates the name of the MPLABX .X folder. Enter "middleware_drivers_freertos_pic32mz_ef_curiosity_v2" to create a middleware_drivers_freertos_pic32mz_ef_curiosity_v2.X folder.

• Name: Enter the project’s logical name as "getting_started_middleware_drivers_freertos_pic32mz_ef_curiosity_v2". This is the name that will be shown from within the MPLAB X IDE.

Click Next to proceed to Configuration Settings.

Follow the steps below to set the project’s Configuration Settings.

• Name: Enter the configuration name as "pic32mz_ef_curiosity_v2".
• Target Device: Select PIC32MZ2048EFM144 as the target device.

After selecting the target device, click Finish to launch the MCC.

 While the MCC tool launches, Click on Select MPLAB Harmony content type.

Click on the Finish Button in the MCC Content Manager Wizard.

The main MCC plugin window for the project will be displayed.

 Before proceeding, set up the compiler toolchain. Click on the Projects tab on the top left pane in MPLAB X IDE. Right-click on below mentioned project name
("getting_started_middleware_drivers_freertos_pic32mz_ef_curiosity_v2") and go to Properties.

Make sure that XC32 (v4.30) is selected as the Compiler Toolchain for XC32. Click on Apply and then click on OK.

Launch Clock Easy View by going to Project Graph in MPLABX IDE and then select Plugins > Clock Configuration.

A new window, Clock Diagram is opened inside MCC.

Click on the Clock Diagram tab, scroll to the right and verify that the SYSCLK is set to 200 MHz.

Click on the Resource Management [MCC] tab, In the Device Resources , expand Board Support Packages (BSPs).

Select and double click on PIC32MZ EF Curiosity 2.0 BSP to configure all user LEDs and user switches on the Curiosity PIC32MZ EF 2.0 Development Board.