Sebastien Lelong gave us a Jaluino Bee v2.0 board to give away. Leave a comment on this post with a project idea, and it could be yours on Thursday. By Sebastien’s request, this week we’re looking for the funniest project idea. Jaluino Bee is a 5x5cm board, using SMD components, is powered by PIC18F27J53, provides USB, RTCC, […]
Category Archives: dev boards
Free analog-to-digital converter demo board
rsdio writes: this was announced on April 1, and somehow I missed. I’m sure they’re all gone by now, but the links still seem to work The MAXADCLite evaluation (EV) kit is based on the MAX11645 ADC, which integrates a multiplexor, FIFO, sequencer, and reference, all for the same price as a competitive stand-alone ADC. […]
USB-MSD bootloader for the KwikStik development board
Mark made a USB bootloader for the Kwikstik development board. We covered this board in April, and they’ve promised us 5 to give away when the next batch is in. I have added K40 (including KwikStik) support to the uTasker project. See the following for details: It includes a USB-MSD boot loader for the KwikStik, […]
STATUS UPDATE: PICqueño32 v1.0
PICqueño32 is our knock-off the Arduino-compatible chipKIT Uno32. Earlier this summer Microchip and Digilent released a 32bit, PIC 32 development board. Yeah, it’s in the shape of an Arduino. What sets it apart from others is the open source compiler that works with the Arduino IDE and existing Arduino programs. We decided to make a […]
Cygni and Procyon ARM dev-board PCBs
Teholabs sent the Cygni and Procyon ARM dev-board PCBs to the board house: We are pretty excited to have two new development boards out to the PCB house. They are Procyon and Cygni. Cygni and Procyon represent the two extremes of where ARM micros seem to make sense to us for the DIY/hacker/maker community. Via […]
Touchstone Semi TS-9001 demo board winners
The winners of TS9001 op-amp demo boards are Ronan: I would like one of those! This is exactly what I need to make my graphical On-screen-display. Right now I have to use a normal comparator and a resistor divide “reference”. and Zaharia: I want to make a DIY user interface for my power source. TS9001+PIC18F+GLCD […]
Reminder: Touchstone Semi TS-9001 demo board giveaway
Today is the last day for the Touchstone Semi TS-9001 analog comparator+reference evaluation board giveaway. Leave a comment here if you’d like one.
Giveaway: Touchstone Semi TS-9001 demo board
Tomorrow we’ll give away two TS-9001 analog comparator+reference evaluation boards from Touchstone Semi. Leave a comment on yesterday’s post if you’d like one. You can also get a sample directly from Touchstone: We will send free evaluation boards to the next 10 people that request them. Just go to touchstonesemi.com/freesamples and ask for a TS9001 […]
TS-9001 analog comparator+reference evaluation boards give away
Touchstone semi sent us two TS-9001 analog comparator+reference evaluation boards to give away. Leave a comment on this post if you want one, and we’ll give them away on Thursday. Mention how you might use this part for bonus points. The demo board contains two TS9001s – the push-pull TS9001-1 and the open-drain TS9001-2 – […]
Protopeller open source dev board
Adam Ward of Wardy’s Projects has developed his own Parallax Propeller dev board and is sharing the files under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license on Github. Protopeller is a small, simple PCB design that provides a Propeller chip with a regulated on-board power supply, an optional external crystal and breakout connections for all of it’s 32 […]
Altera’s BeInMotion FPGA motor control kit
In this video from Altera, they highlight the advantages of using FPGAs in motor control. The video is based on BeMicro’s BeInMotion SDK motor control kit from Arrow Electronics. Looks interesting, however the $79 hardware kit isn’t yet in stock, and the BeMicro SDK is sold separately for $79. A number of training workshops are […]
Arduino releasing new ADK, ethernet and sensor dev boards
According to the Arduino Blog they are in the process of releasing several new boards, including an Ethernet Board, Mega Sensor Board and Mega ADK. The Arduino Ethernet combines a regular Arduino board with the Ethernet Shield into a single board designed to power your internet of things projects. It has the ability (if fitted […]
Make It Challenge: Kinetis MCU
Freescale has announced a Make It Challenge for users of the Kinetis MCU. Participants will compete by developing an innovative embedded application design using one of the Freescale Kinetis product families. 32-bit Kinetis MCUs represent the most scalable portfolio of ARM® Cortex™-M4 MCUs in the industry. Participants must complete a short online training class and […]
STM32L Discovery and ULINK2
Here’s a how-to on debugging the STM32 discovery board with a Ulink2 programmer. From the comments on the STM32 cheapie Discovery dev board post. Thanks Marko!
MachXO2 Pico Development Kit promo II
For those who didn’t get in on the MachXO2 price break back in April, Lattice Semi is making the MachXO2 Pico Development Kits available again for $29 through December 31, 2011. (Regular price is $49.)
Backcountry logger project update
Big Mess o’ Wires has an update on the backcountry logger project: Also in this week’s mailbag was the snap-together case for the classic logger. This case was designed using vector drawing software, and the six sides were intended to snap together using beveled tabs on the egde of each piece.
Two new ARM development boards: Cygni and Procyon
Teholabs has two new development board ideas: The design of two new Stellaris Cortex M3 ARM development boards: Cygni and Procyon, is done or almost done. Since the designs aren’t final I can still take input on them, and I have applied some feedback from Eridani to the design. Via the forum.
Free TI op-amp evaluation PCBs
From the comments on our earlier post: Touchstone TS1001 op-amp demo board unboxing: TI offers evaluation boards for opamps as well. These are unpopulated PCBs, you can choose between inverting and noninverting configuration and between different package types. The boards can be found by searching for “dem-opa” on TI’s website. You can get them for […]
Scripting Bluetooth on Android
Brian writes: I have just finished writing up info on an Android application I am calling BlueScripts along with a demo embedded application BlueZigbee for the Eridani development board. Many embedded system applications need simple message communications between two devices of a repetitive nature. Good examples are any remote control application. These types of of […]
Plunify online FPGA compiler conference call
MP3 download Plunify is an online compiler for Altera and Xilinx CPLDs/FPGAs. The developers’ goal is to build an interface to instant license and computer resources for large FPGA projects. Download the MP3 to hear more about their start-up and some of the difficulties they face with compiler licensing. We’re interested in Plunify because it […]