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Microchip zSDK v4.4.0.0 Release Notes

Microchip zSDK v4.4.0.0 is based on the Zephyr v4.4.0 release, integrated with Microchip-specific enhancements, board support, and driver improvements.

Release Highlights

  • 5 new board supports added
  • Added UDC driver support for the SAMA7G5 UDPHS peripheral
  • Added UDC driver for High-Speed USB peripherals on the PIC32CK SG/GC family
  • Added UDC driver for Full-Speed USB peripherals on the SAM D5x/E5x, PIC32CX SG, and PIC32CK SG/GC families
  • Added SDHC (SD Host Controller) driver for Microchip devices
  • Added QSPI Flash driver for SAMA7G5 MPU devices
  • Added Flash NVMCTRL driver for PIC32CM JH and PIC32CZ CA80/CA90 families
  • Added DMA driver for PIC32CZ CA80/CA90 families
  • Added ADC driver for PIC32CK SG/GC families
  • Added Ethernet GMAC driver support for the SAM D5x/E5x family
  • Enhanced the OA TC6 Ethernet driver with full-duplex operation
  • Added MPLAB IPE programmer support for PIC32C boards
  • Improved test coverage across multiple peripherals

Changelog

New Board Support

The following boards are added in zSDK v4.4.0.0:

Board Description Family
pic32ck_sg01_cult PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra PIC32CK SG/GC (MCU)
pic32ck_gc01_cult PIC32CK GC01 Curiosity Ultra PIC32CK SG/GC (MCU)
pic32cm_sg00_cpro PIC32CM SG00 Curiosity Pro PIC32CM SG/GC (MCU)
pic32cm_gc00_cpro PIC32CM GC00 Curiosity Pro PIC32CM SG/GC (MCU)
sam9x75_curiosity SAM9X75 Curiosity SAM9X7 (MPU)

New Drivers

Driver Description
UDC Added a USB Device Controller (UDC) driver for High-Speed USB (USBHS) peripherals on PIC32CK SG/GC families.
UDC Added USB Device Controller (UDC) drivers for Full-Speed USB peripherals on SAM D5x/E5x, PIC32CX SG, and PIC32CK SG/GC families.
UDC Added a USB Device Controller (UDC) driver for the SAMA7G5 High-Speed USB (UDPHS) peripheral.
SDHC Added G1 SDHC driver for SAM D5x/E5x family
Ethernet (GMAC) Added GMAC G1 Ethernet driver for Microchip devices
QSPI Flash Added QSPI G1 flash driver for SAMA7G5 MPU devices
Flash NVMCTRL Added NVMCTRL G2 flash driver for PIC32CM JH family
Flash NVMCTRL Added NVMCTRL G3 flash driver for PIC32CZ CA80/CA90
DMA Added DMA G3 driver for PIC32CZ CA family
ADC Added ADC G2 driver for PIC32CK SG/GC family
CAN Added CAN G1 driver for PIC32CK SG/GC family

Driver Bug Fixes

  • SPI: Fixed dummy size calculation in MCHP G1 SPI driver
  • Pinctrl: Fixed PMUX nibble clearing before setting mux value in MCHP G1 pinctrl driver
  • DAC: Fixed G1 DAC Kconfig defaults for SAM D5x/E5x devices
  • I2C: Fixed I2C target mode in SERCOM G1 driver
  • RTC: Updated SAM RTC driver to not hold spinlock during blocking calls
  • Serial: Added parity check in serial config for SAM USART driver
  • Clock Control: Fixed clock reinit after MCUboot for SAM D5x/E5x

Driver Enhancements

The following drivers now support PIC32CK SG/GC family:

  • Clock: Clock driver support
  • Counter: Counter driver support
  • EIC: Interrupt controller driver support
  • Ethernet: Ethernet (GMAC) driver support
  • Flash: NVMCTRL G3 flash driver support
  • GPIO: GPIO driver support
  • HWInfo: Hardware information driver support
  • I2C: I2C driver support
  • Pinctrl: Pinctrl driver support
  • PWM: PWM support
  • RNG: TRNG support
  • RTC: RTC support
  • SDHC: SDHC driver support
  • SPI: SPI driver support
  • UART: UART driver support
  • Watchdog: Watchdog support

MPU Driver Support

  • DMA: Cache coherence support for SAMA7G54-EK
  • PWM: PWM API test support for SAMA7G54-EK
  • QSPI: QSPI flash driver and device support for SAMA7G5
  • UART: UART test support for SAMA7G5 and SAMA7D65

Ethernet Enhancements

  • OA TC6: Implemented full duplex operation in TX and RX paths
  • OA TC6: Made SPI tx/rx buffer size user configurable
  • LAN865x: Moved OA TC6 specific code into OA TC6 library
  • LAN865x: Enabled VLAN support

Twister Tests

  • ADC: Test support for PIC32CK GC
  • Comparator: Fixed pin conflicts in overlays
  • Counter: Test support for PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra
  • DMA: Loop transfer test with cache coherence support for SAMA7G54-EK
  • Flash: Flash test support
  • GPIO: Test support for PIC32CM PL Family boards
  • I2C: I2C target API test support for multiple boards
  • Pinctrl: Test support for PIC32CK SG/GC, PIC32CM PL, PIC32CZ CA80/CA90, PIC32CM JH, PIC32CX SG41/SG61 Family boards
  • PWM: Test support for PIC32CX SG41/SG61; fixed GPIO loopback pin conflicts
  • SPI: Error case tests
  • UART: Error handling tests for PIC32CK SG01 and PIC32CK GC01; support for PIC32CM PL Family

Tools

  • Added MPLAB IPE runner for west flash command
  • Fixed multiple tools support with MPLAB IPE runner

Samples

  • Counter driver sample applications for PIC32CK SG01
  • Filesystem sample overlay files
  • Flash read/write sample application
  • QSPI sample applications for Microchip devices

zSDK Applications

  • Added a sample application demonstrating a complete MCUboot boot chain with secure firmware upgrade (swap-using-move) support on Microchip PIC32CK Curiosity Ultra boards.

Supported Boards

For detailed board documentation, refer to the Microchip Boards Documentation.

Known Issues

  • The USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) sample application does not function correctly when configured to use the High-Speed USB (USBHS) driver on PIC32CK GC and PIC32CK SG device families.

How to Get the Code

west init -m https://github.com/Zephyr4Microchip/microchip-zsdk --mr v4.4.0.0 mchp_zephyrproject
cd mchp_zephyrproject
west update
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