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EDN on Development Tools: The Latest News, Development Kit Reviews, Commentary, and Tools from the DEVMonkey
 February 4, 2009

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LATEST NEWS & BLOG POSTS

Put a Scope/Logic Analyzer in Your Pocket
A small instrument that can troubleshoot bench and field problems


A Dev Kit that Harvests Solar Energy
It combines solar power, wireless communications & a microcontroller—without the headache


Give Me a Slide Rule, Please
This old mechanical device helped engineers understand significant figures


Design for Safety Too
Be on guard working with blown-fuse-indicator circuits


Embed Your Linux and Avoid the GPL
How to Protect Your Code from the Open-Source World


Excel Allocates MCU I/O Ports
Spreadsheet Helps You Keep Track of I/O Ports Pins

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PRODUCTS IN THE NEWS

Microelectronics Wireless Dev Kit Facilitate Machine-to-Machine Communications

Artimi's Wireless USB Eval Kit for Mass Storage & Integrated Printers

Fairchild Semiconductor Eval Board for LCD TV Power Supply

Freescale's MCU and transceiver Reference Design for wireless Connectivity in Home Automation

DeLorme's GPS Module Eval Kit for Navigation and Telematics Systems

Reference Design Uses Freescale's DCS for Direct Power Factor Correction

Infineon's Eval Board Evaluates Power Supply Design and Good EMI Performance

Implement AS-Interface with Wago's AS-Interface StarterKit

VIDEOS

Short videos (under 4 minutes) feature a wide range of kits, reviewed and tested by DEV-monkey Editor, Jon Titus
From PSoC technology, MCU architecture, short-range wireless 2.4 GHz communications, to processors with lots of I/O devices. Jon critiques, provides ratings and explains what engineers can do with the kit.

DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE SHOWCASE

Digi Drop-in Networking Professional Dev Kit, $199
Proof-of-concept wireless connectivity dev kit to configure and "drop-in" a low-power mesh or multipoint sensor/device network.


868 MHz RF Module Kit for European M2M
Embeddable RF modules provide up to 40 km RF LOS transmission and are ideal for urban deployments.


Globally Deployable RF Module Dev Kits
2.4 modules, globally deployable embedded RF modules available in low-power XBee and extended-range XBee-PRO® form factors.


Digi Jump-Starts Your Embedded Development
Leverage the reliability/flexibility of the royalty-free ThreadX-based NET+OS® platform.


Compact, Powerful, Secure Core Module Dev Kit
Digi's ConnectCore 9P 9215 module delivers a powerful, secure, compact network-enabled 150 MHz processor solution with an ARM9 core.


Wireless Network-Enabled Core Module Dev Kit
The ConnectCore™ Wi-9P 9215 wireless core module utilizes Digi's NET+ARM processor and Digi's own secure 802.11a/b/g WLAN technology with full WPA2/802.11i support.

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