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Hands-on review: This Spyder creates code and eats bugs
A thumbs up review of the $29 Spyder Discovery Kit for Freescale Microcontrollers (USBSPYDER08). The reviewer found this kit a great, inexpensive way to learn about Freescale’s Code Warrior tools and the 8-bit microcontrollers that it supports. You get a USB “stick” that has the hardware and a CD-ROM with the Code Warrior tools. There were a few issues with i ...... Read More
Comments (0)Hands-on review: Considering a CPLD over an FPGA? The Xilinx CoolRunner-II Starter Kit may be for you.
If you’re looking to reduce power and cost in your design by utilizing a CPLD and you’re wondering if you can fit your circuit in one, this may be a good place to start. Jon Titus has a hands-on review of this Xilinx offering. Jon has already tried out this simple kit and given feedback to Xilinx to improve it. Updated source code should be available from Xilinx to ...... Read More
Comments (0)Hands-on review: ST7Ultralite Primer article
This article traces the steps necessary to get this complete, ultra low-cost evaluation and development package that provides a fun and easy introduction to the features of STmicroelectronics’ tiny 8-pin ST7FLITEUS microcontrollers up and running. The $12 ST7Ultralite Primer module is designed to plug into a USB port on a PC, immediately power up and be ready to use as an eval/develop ...... Read More
Comments (0)Indepth-Review Stellaris ARM Eval Kit
Stellaris ARM Eval Kit Has a Long Reach Luminary Micro, Inc. What we liked: This kit worked right out of the box and it provides a good introduction to the Stellaris ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller and Keil development tools. The 128×96-pixel OLED display provides a place to view your own graphics and debug information as you develop an application. Plenty of room to work with the M ...... Read More
Comments (0)Stellaris ARM Kit: A Powerful Tool That’s Easy to Use
A special DEV Kit Evaluation Series Sponsored by Digikey Stellaris ARM Kit: A Powerful Tool That’s Easy to Use Luminary Micro Inc. (LMI) provides this evaluation kit so engineers can work with a Stellaris LM3S6965 ARM® Cortex™ M3 microcontroller. The board comes ready to use and includes an Ethernet port, a small display, a MicroSD memory slot and several pushbuttons and LEDs. ...... Read More
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