Starter Kit a.k.a. Development Kit     Last updated on  2015/2558 4 4, a full moon day;

Approx. 49+ info addresses available;  

Also see: Modular CE; Schematic Symbols; Semiconductor; Source;

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2012 . Box free CIO Toolkit, www.box.com/cioinfo; [2012 March 26; Information Week] ;

2012 . Micro Digital free Evaluation Kits, www.smxrtos.com/eval; [2012 April; embedded systems design; volume 25; number3] ;

2012 . RENESAS free RX200 MCU, http://am.renesas.com/RPBRX210/a; for high performance by low power architecture; [2012 March; EE Times; Issue 1618] ;

2011 . APEM LED Indicator Kit, Q Series; Optoelectronics;

2011 . BOURNS PortNote Solutions and Design Kits; 5; Passive;

2011 . CUI Novum Demo Kit; 12A; 25A; DC/DC; POL; multiple rails simultaneously; Electromechanical;

2011 . MICROCHIP mTouch MCU Development Kit; touch-screen user interaction; Semiconductor;

2010 . Altera CPLD IC, $39.5, IFF core V, Multi-V AND Multi-V IO;

2010 . Altera Cyclone 3 FPGA, $81.300;

^_ 126 multiplier (18x18) -bit;
^_ equivalent 39.6 ^3 logic element;
^_ power (250 ^-3 W);

2010 . Altera Cyclone IV GX, Transceiver Starter Kit, $554.033, FPGA;

^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, transceiver IO (2.5 ^9 bps);
^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, PCIx1.0 (250 ^6 bps);

2010 . Altera Stratix IV GX, Transceiver, $2995.00;

^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, transceiver GX (3 ^9 bps) ASIC;
^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, interface (10 ^9 bit Ethernet, CPRI, OBSAI, SAS/SATA, serial RapidIO) high speed;

2010 . Altium NanoBoard 3000 with Altera Cyclone 3, $395.000, with Altium Ethernet PB03 peripheral board, $175.00;

^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, allow the USER programming interface (GUI) graphical user interface;
^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, protocol (10/100 Ethernet, IRDA, MIDI, PS/2, RS-232, RS-485, SPDIF, USB2.0);
^_ IFF quality of the FPGA, HMI application with the color TFT LCD touchscreen;

2010 . ANALOG DEVICES, 32-bit ^-6controller, Analog SoC, ADUC*, $13.6; ARM*; MCU; MSPS; 12-bit data; high performance multi-channel (ADC) AND SoC (Flash/EE memory); analog IO;

2010 . ANALOG DEVICES, 500-Mc/s digital signal processor IC, $26, 10-stage RISC MCU/DSP pipeline, 16/32-bit ISA, SIMD architecture for accelerating video, embedded 802.3 compliant with 10/100 Ethernet MAC and CAN2.0B interface;

2010 . ANALOG DEVICES, 533-Mc/s digital signal processor IC, $30, 10-stage RISC MCU/DSP pipeline, 16/32-bit ISA, SIMD architecture for accelerating video, support MMU;

2010 . ANALOG DEVICES, digital accelerometer evaluation board $75.2 with accelerometer IC $6.2;

^_ allow access to all (signal AND power) connections;
^_ USER select (♯ resolution) with FIFO;
^_ interface (I2C, SPI) communication;

2010 . ANALOG DEVICES, ICE-100B Emulator / VisualDSP++, development tool, $995, via USB2.0 interface, VisualDSP++ development software;

2010 . Aptina, Imaging Micron CMOS image sensor demo kit, $1237;

^_ quality (CCD image, QXGA resolution);
^_ digital image (5^9 pixel resolution) sensor;

2010 . AVAGO, www.avagoresponsecenter.com, samples, design kits, ... ;

2010 . CREE Xlamp, MC-E Color (RGBW) LED, MCE4*, $27.8, for color mixing, lighting applications;

2010 . EAGLE CAD, Elektronix Magazine 2010 Product of the Year Winner, 60 day trial, www.element-14.com/eagle-freemium;

^_ Allow you OR me, to access any internal data AND external FILES;
^_ C-like USER Language Programming;
^_ copper pouring;
^_ DRC, Design Rules Check for the circuit board;
^_ ERC, Electrical Rules Check for the schematic;
^_ interactive Follow-me Router;
^_ Online Forward- AND Back-Annotation;
^_ Parts library of ^3 of parts;
^_ Script FILES for batch command execution;
^_ Scripting engine to automate repetitive tasks;
^_ undo OR redo, function for any editing command;
^_ WINDOWS VERSION OR MAC VERSION OR LINUX VERSION;  

2010 . element14 RoadTest, also see: Eccentric_circles;

^_ 40-pin DIP, 0.1" pitch module with NXP Cortex-M3 ^-6controller LPC* (LQFP);
^_ 512 ^3 of Flash AND 64 ^3 of RAM;
^_ a new community-based (mbed module) embedded development tool;
^_ concurrent (ADC, GPIO, PWM) with - ;
^_ IFF language, C++ libraries AND toolchain;
^_ IFF XNP LPC* ^-6controller, mbed allow (compile, create, download), using browser-based (GUI) interface;
^_ interface 88...88 (CAN, I2C, SPI, UART);
^_ interface 88...88 (Ethernet, USB);
^_ programming with USB;
^_ the ability to run concurrent test;
^_ us.element-14.com/roadtest, IFF 0409, parameter(1, 4) concurrent with - ;
^_ wide sampling of knowledge base;

2010 . Freescale Semiconductor, i.MX51 evaluation kit, $790;

^_ interface (Ethernet, SDIO, USB);
^_ supporting hardware (accelerated VPU, OpenGL ES2.0, OpenGL1.1 GPU) video;

2010 . Freescale Semiconductor, i.MX51 LCD module, $250, resistive touch screen functions, WVGA display;

2010 . Freescale Semiconductor, i.MX51 multimedia application processor, $35,

^_ clock rate (200Mc/s DDR2 AND MOBILE DDR);

2010 . International Rectifier, LED driver evaluation board, IRPLLED1.5, $135, LED application with IRS2540/1 Buck converter-based, 16V, 24V, 1.5A;

2010 . International Rectifier, LED driver IC, IRS2540, $2.9, high frequency buck control IC, for LED current regulation;

2010 . Linear Technology DC/DC microModule IC, $34.9, 12A PLL; IFF Precision Regulation, Differential Remote Sensing AND Margining;

2010 . National Semiconductor DC/DC converter IC, LM*, $5.8; current (PWM) mode; SWITCH (550 ^3 c/s) internal start; thermal shut down; over voltage protection; output 2.0A rate;

2010 . National Semiconductor step-down DC/DC regulator evaluation board, LM*, $96; output 0.8V; output 4.5V;

2010 . RENESAS, www.renesasrulz.com/rx-contest;

2010 . STMicroelectronics, 8-bit Microcontroller IC, $2.7;

_ access (8-bit ^-6controller) 16 ^3 bytes Flash +;
_ access (8-bit ^-6controller) 32 ^3 bytes Flash +;
_ 1 EEPROM data;
_ IFF clock frequency, 16 ^6 c/s;

2010 . STMicroelectronics, STM8/128 evaluation board, $208; All (CAN, IrDA, LIN, MicroSD, motor control, smart card, UART);

2010 . STMicroelectronics, STM8S MCU evaluation board, $6.4, embedded debugger ST-LINK;

2010 . Texas Instruments, Hawkboard OMAP L138, $112;

^_ ARM9 RISC MCU AND TMS320C74x DSP;
^_ MMU(DDR2, MDDR, NAND Flash, NOR Flash, SATA1, SATA2, SDRAM);
^_ interface(GPIO, I2C, LAN, SATA1, SATA2, SPI, USB, VPIF);

2010 . Texas Instruments, Solar Harvesting Kit, EZ♯; -RF♯;

^_ current is < 500^-6 A AND transmit in < 300^-3 second;
^_ dBm (-12 dBm AND 0 dBm) output;
^_ device (RF device) radio;
^_ IFF MCU, automatic (CRC);
^_ IFF send, data (FIFO) buffer AND store the data;
^_ IFF transceiver, CC♯ RF;
^_ interface 88...88 (USB);
^_ speed (2.4 ^9 c/s);
^_ X (crystal oscillator start up, PLL startup, full Tx, full Rx, power);

2010 . Texas Instruments, Power Management IC, TPS650250, $7;

^_ providing co-voltage (VV) with step-down converters;
^_ providing memory voltage (MV) with Li-Ion battery powered processor systems;
  

2010 . Texas Instruments, digital media SoC, TMS320DM6467ZUT7, $129;

^_ high performance (TMS*, DSP) core;
^_ 32-bit ARM* (RISC) processor;
^_ multimedia application;

2008 . Microsoft WCF REST Starter Kit, Windows Communication Foundation Representational State Transfer Starter Kit; .NET Framework 4.0 WCF includes WCF REST Starter Kit, to do Visual Studio project, item template, common RESTful scenarios:, Atom Feed Service, Atom Publishing Protocol Service, HTTP Plain, REST Collection Service, REST Singleton Service, ... ; XAML, Extensible Application Markup Language;

2008 . NEC Electronics America, www.am.necel.com/micro/development/   Starter Kits are

AF-EV850, for all Flash microcontroller including MINICUBE, MINICUBE2, memory interface expansion, peripheral interface expansion, ZigBee interface via Chipcon/UBEC RF, SD i/o SDIO memory card interface, EEPROM 16 KB 2 wire, RS232 DB9 interface, USB-UART interface, LED by 4-digit 7-segment, 1 potentiometer with 1 temperature sensor as ADC input, ... ;

AF-EV850-TFT, for all Flash microcontroller including TFT LCD QVGA touch panel, Epson S1D13513 graphics controller, SMSC LAN9215I 10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY, Qimonda HVB39SC128160FE-7 32MB SDRAM, NEC µPD44016L 512KB SRAM, NEC µPA679TB MOSFET touch screen interface, PTI 256MB SD memory card, ... ;

DemoKit-KA1, microcontroller onboard including A/D ref V, i/o lines, UART interface, USB interfaced power supply, Flash programming software, ... $20;

DemoKit-KG3, microcontroller onboard including x2 12 alphanumerics LCD, USB interface, super capacitor, LPF sinusoidal output, USB interface power supply OR battery, ... $30;

DemoKit-LF3, microcontroller onboard including 8 x24-segement LCD, USB interface, WriteEZ3 flash programming software, thermistor, IR receiver, MINICUBE 10-pin interface on-chip debugger, ... $50;

DemoKit-LG2, microcontroller onboard including onboard LCD driver, Flash programming, light sensor, thermistor, MINICUBE 10-pin interface, Zigbee 10-pin interface, FP4 16-pin interface, 100-pin connectors, ... $30;

QB-MINI2 Evaluation Kits, OCD interface, 1 serial function channel, 8~32 bit all flash microcontroller emulator, PG-FP4 interface, MINICUBE2, target board evaluation, ... ;

TK-0731/USB, 1via UART, 2 USB interface, ref USB driver, flash programming software, ... real time source level debugging, ... ;

2008 . Freescale, ColdFire 32bit CAN/Ethernet/USB/ZigBee MCU Kit, www.freescale.com/coldfire101;

2008 . Freescale, Microcontroller CodeWarrior demonstration development kit, also see: 68HC908QT/QY Flash Demonstration Board Kit;

2008 . Lattice, MachXO FPGA Starter Kit, www.latticesemi.com/99;

2008 . Maxim, www.maxim-ic.com/samples;

2008 . Microchip, dsPICDEM MC1 motor control development system, DM* with AC* motors, also see: PIC16F917 MCU mechatronics demo kit, available via Newark;

2008 . Microchip, www.microchipdirect.com/UNIO, MPLAB starter kit, serial EEPROM, I/O data whether register or write protection, reduce design "only 1 pin" if compare to 2pin I2C, 3pin I2C, 3pin Microwire, 3pin SPI bus, 4pin Microwire, 4pin SPI bus, 5pin Microwire, 5pin SPI bus, 6pin Microwire, 6pin SPI bus, ... ;

2008 . Renesas, www.america.renesas.com/ReachSH/b, USB Emulator, MCU Kit, ... ;

2008 . Renesas, www.america.renesas.com/ReachR8C/b, free LIN/CAN network Tiny Motor(s) Control, 16bit CPU, ... ;

2008 . Linear Technology, www.linear.com/6404, free high speed ADC brochure; www.linear.com/3610, free telecom, datacom, industrial brochure;

2008 . LuminaryMicro, www.luminarymicro.com, AC Induction Motor design kit, Brushless DC Motor design kit, Stepper Motor design kit;

2008 . Newark, www.newark.com, ... demo kit, development kit, ... ;

2008 . Texas Instruments, www.ti.com/ads5474, high speed ADC, data converter, sample and module;

2008 . Texas Instruments, www.ti.com/dac5682z, 16bit dual channel, flex wideband converter, 1GSPS high bandwidth application DAC module and sample;

2008 . Texas Instruments, www.ti.com/cc2480, eZ430-RF2480 demo kit, CC2480 + MCU is ZigBee, "USB flash drive side" ZigBee development;

2008 . Texas Instruments, www.ti.com/tps780xx, 150~500mA regulator for MCU -Based application, microcontroller vs. power management, dual V, 2mmX2mm dimension, DVS dynamic vV scale, sample module board and guide;

2007 . Cypress PSoC FirstTouch, microcontroller mixed signal arrays programmable, USB interface, non fixed function SoC,  ... 30$ / kit, www.cypress.com/go/FirstTouch;

2007 . Linear Technology, digital hot swap, free samples, www.linear.com/digitalhs; Also see: www.linear.com/3555; www.linear.com/portsolutions;

2007 . LuminaryMicro.com/StellarisMeans, web servers, CAN, Ethernet, ... ;

2007 . MAXIM, free video design guide, www.maxim-ic.com/MAX7456-info;

2007 . Microchip, PIC24 microcontroller development kit, 3V/5V, 8ch DMA, 28pin, true DSP, ... , variable price$ / kit, www.microchip.com/DSC;

2007 . National Semiconductor, free samples, www.national.com/signalpath;

2007 . Renesas, world no. 1 microcontrollers supplier, 1KB~48KB RAM, 24KB~1MB Flash, 42~144pin,  true code, pin level,  FREE $ / kit at Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, 19/20 Sept., 2007, www.america.renesas.com/ReachM16C/b; Connectivity enable CAN, DMAC, LIN, PLC, ZigBee;

2007 . Siborg Smart Tweezer, LCR Meter, as small as 0.3 mm, ultra low energy;

2007 . Taxas Instruments 24bitsimultaneous sampling, 26bit simultaneous sampling, 4 channel, 8channel, 128Ksps, ADCs, www.ti.com/ads1274; Also see: www.ti.com/cantransceivers; www.ti.com/cc1111; audio solution sample, www.ti.com/tpa2013d1;

2007 . Xilinx Starter Kit . FPGA PCI get started; www.xilinx.com/getstarted; Complete embedded solution Linux 2.6, www.xilinx.com/prrocessor;

2007 . XP, THE XPERTS IN POWER, free power supply guide available, smallest and low power modules are available, www.xppower.com;

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