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Development Boards are printed circuit boards that contain a microcontroller and enough circuitry to get it going, typically at least some of the following: clock, voltage regulator, reset button, communications chip, buffer amplifiers, led's, prototyping area, and/or off chip connections. Sometimes the manufacturer of the chip sells development boards ( often called evaluation boards ). Development boards can be really basic, just enough to make the processor run, with connections to the IO pins. Or the boards can include communications, displays, input buttons etc. Often you can jump start a project by using a development board that does the boring standard stuff and let you focus on your project. The development board can let you use high density parts and surface mount parts that you might not want to mess with. The BitWacker kit from [[SparkFun]] is priced close the to the total price of the parts. This is probably true of some other development boards as well. Note that some development boards require you to build them they have not been made available as kits, some come both ways. | Development Boards are printed circuit boards that contain a microcontroller and enough circuitry to get it going, typically at least some of the following: clock, voltage regulator, reset button, communications chip, buffer amplifiers, led's, prototyping area, and/or off chip connections. Sometimes the manufacturer of the chip sells development boards ( often called evaluation boards ). Development boards can be really basic, just enough to make the processor run, with connections to the IO pins. Or the boards can include communications, displays, input buttons etc. Often you can jump start a project by using a development board that does the boring standard stuff and let you focus on your project. The development board can let you use high density parts and surface mount parts that you might not want to mess with. The BitWacker kit from [[SparkFun]] is priced close the to the total price of the parts. This is probably true of some other development boards as well. Note that some development boards require you to build them they have not been made available as kits, some come both ways. | ||
− | *[[Chalk Roach]] | + | *[[Chalk Roach]] |
*[[Arduino Links]] Arduino is based on AVR Microcontrollers | *[[Arduino Links]] Arduino is based on AVR Microcontrollers | ||
*[[USB Bit Whacker]] This is a PIC 18 based system ... can be used with [[BitWacker Java Communications]] | *[[USB Bit Whacker]] This is a PIC 18 based system ... can be used with [[BitWacker Java Communications]] | ||
*[[RS232 Dev Board]] | *[[RS232 Dev Board]] | ||
*[[dsPIC30F 5011 Development Board]] | *[[dsPIC30F 5011 Development Board]] | ||
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Other demo boards: see [[demo board]]. | Other demo boards: see [[demo board]]. |