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MCU Card
MCU Card is a standardized add-on board, which allows very simple installation (and supply any of the supported MCUs on an appropriate MCU card, upon request.
replacement) of the microcontroller unit (MCU) on a system equipped with the MCU Card Please visit www.mikroe.com/development-boards/mcu-cards for more information
socket. Depending on the MCU type, its pin count, and the number of required external about the MCU Card support.
components, there are several different MCU Cards for each MCU type. This makes each
MCU Card a self-contained unit, allowing the development system to operate on a logic
From the top side, each MCU Card has a clearly labeled MCU family it is designed for
level, not having to facilitate specific requirements of many different MCUs. This also
(MCU CARD for KINETIS, MCU CARD for STM32…), as well as its PORT width, printed just
allows the MCU to be freely chosen, regardless of the pin count or pin compatibility. Most
below the MCU family label (8-BIT PORT, 16-BIT PORT, 32-BIT PORT). In addition, pins
importantly, it allows to swap MCU Cards easily during the development phase, without
are grouped in accordance to mikroBUS™ sockets to which they are routed. Therefore,
any additional hardware interventions.
there are 5 groups of pins. The pins labeled with yellow color belong to mikroBUS™
sockets, while the white labels represent corresponding pins on the MCU. On the bottom
MCU Card is equipped with two 168-pin mezzanine connectors (one male and one
side of the MCU Card, users can find the hardware revision number of the MCU Card
female connector) with the standardized pinout. MCU Card is really easy to be installed
itself, as well as the link to the www.mikroe.com web page.
on a development board, featuring a smart design which minimizes any possibility of
incorrect orientation and placement into the MCU Card socket.
Find the standardized MCU Card pinout in the schematic printed on the back side.

There are many pre-assembled MCU Cards equipped with the most commonly used
MCUs in our shop already, with more being produced almost daily. In addition, we can
 PA0 1 168 PRG/DBG PF0 168 1 PE0
PA1 2 167 PRG/DBG PF1 167 2 PE1
PA2 3 166 PRG/DBG PF2 166 3 PE2
PA3 4 165 PRG/DBG PF3 165 4 PE3
PORTA PA4 5 164 PRG/DBG PORTF PF4 164 5 PE4
PORTE
PA5 6 163 PRG/DBG PF5 163 6 PE5
PA6 7 162 PRG/DBG PROG /DEBUG PF6 162 7 PE6
PA7 8 161 PRG/DBG PF7 161 8 PE7
VC C M C U VCC-MCU 9 160 PRG/DBG RX 160 9 VCC-MCU VC C M C U
GND 10 159 PRG/DBG USB/UART TX 159 10 GND
GND 11 158 PRG/DBG VC C R TC VCC-RTC 158 11 GND
PB0 12 157 PRG/DBG PH0 157 12 PG0
PB1 13 156 PRG/DBG PH1 156 13 PG1
PB2 14 155 GPIO PH2 155 14 PG2
PB3 15 154 GPIO PH3 154 15 PG3
PORTB PB4 16 153 GPIO PORTH PH4 153 16 PG4
PORTG
PB5 17 152 GPIO PH5 152 17 PG5
PB6 18 151 GPIO PH6 151 18 PG6
PB7 19 150 GPIO G PIO PH7 150 19 PG7
VREF VREF 20 149 GPIO PJ0 149 20 PI0
GPIO 21 148 GPIO PJ1 148 21 PI1
GPIO 22 147 GPIO PJ2 147 22 PI2
G PIO GPIO 23 146 GPIO PJ3 146 23 PI3
GPIO 24 145 GPIO PORTJ PJ4 145 24 PI4
PORTI
RST# 25 144 AN PJ5 144 25 PI5
CS# 26 143 RST PJ6 143 26 PI6
D/C# 27 142 CS PJ7 142 27 PI7
RD# 28 141 SCK PL0 141 28 PK0
W R# 29 140 MISO PL1 140 29 PK1
D0 30 139 MOSI PL2 139 30 PK2
D1 31 138 PW M mikroBUS1 PL3 138 31 PK3 PORTK
D2 32 137 INT PORTL PL4 137 32 PK4
D3 33 136 RX PL5 136 33 PK5
D4 34 135 TX PL6 135 34 PK6
D5 35 134 SCL PL7 134 35 PK7
D6 36 133 SDA VBUS 133 36 LED2+
D7 37 132 AN DN 132 37 LED2-
D8 38 131 RST USB-DEV/HOST DP 131 38 LED1
D9 39 130 CS ID 130 39 TX_P
D10 40 129 SCK PSW 129 40 TX_N
Ethernet
LC D-TFT D11 41 128 MISO AN1 128 41 RX_P
D12 42 127 MOSI AN2 127 42 RX_N
D13 43 126 PW M ANALOG AN3 126 43 CAN RX
D14 44 125 INT mikroBUS2 AN4 125 44 CAN TX C AN
D15 45 124 RX PN0 124 45 PM0
46 123 123 46 CA N T X
D16 TX PN1 PM1
D17 47 122 SCL PN2 122 47 PM2
D18 48 121 SDA PN3 121 48 PM3
D19 49 120 AN PORTN PN4 120 49 PM4
PORTM
D20 50 119 RST PN5 119 50 PM5
D21 51 118 CS PN6 118 51 PM6
D22 52 117 SCK PN7 117 52 PM7
D23 53 116 MISO PP0 116 53 PO0
GPIO0 54 115 MOSI PP1 115 54 PO1
TE 55 114 PW M mikroBUS3 PP2 114 55 PO2
LPW M 56 113 INT PP3 113 56 PO3
LSTB 57 112 RX PORTP PP4 112 57 PO4
PORTO
SCL 58 111 TX PP5 111 58 PO5
SDA 59 110 SCL PP6 110 59 PO6
C T ouch INT 60 109 SDA PP7 109 60 PO7
W AKE 61 108 AN GPIO 108 61 RSVD
RST 62 107 RST GPIO 107 62 RSVD
RSVD 63 106 CS GPIO 106 63 RSVD Reserved
Reserved RSVD 64 105 SCK GPIO 105 64 RSVD
RSVD 65 104 MISO
G PIO GPIO 104 65 RSVD
GND 66 103 MOSI GPIO 103 66 GND
GND 67 102 PW M mikroBUS4 GPIO 102 67 GND
VC C C ard VCC-CARD 68 101 INT GPIO 101 68 VCC-CARD VC C C ard
PC0 69 100 RX PR0 100 69 PQ0
PC1 70 99 TX PR1 99 70 PQ1
PC2 71 98 SCL PR2 98 71 PQ2
PC3 72 97 SDA PR3 97 72 PQ3
PORTC PC4 73 96 AN PORTR PR4 96 73 PQ4
PORTQ
PC5 74 95 RST PR5 95 74 PQ5
PC6 75 94 CS PR6 94 75 PQ6
PC7 76 93 SCK PR7 93 76 PQ7
PD0 77 92 MISO PT0 92 77 PS0
PD1 78 91 MOSI PT1 91 78 PS1
PD2 79 90 PW M mikroBUS5 PT2 90 79 PS2
PD3 80 89 INT PT3 89 80 PS3
PORTD PD4 81 88 RX PORTT PT4 88 81 PS4 PORTS
PD5 82 87 TX PT5 87 82 PS5
PD6 83 86 SCL PT6 86 83 PS6
PD7 84 85 SDA PT7 85 84 PS7

MCU Card Connectors Schematic