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- Power Circuitry with Analog Devices Step-Down DC-to-DC Controllers
ADI’s ADP182x ICs provide synchronous, pulse-width-modulated (PWM) control for powering external MOSFETs. Three evaluation kits provide design options to regulate an output voltage as low as 0.6V with or without margining and tracking.
- 2008-07-23
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- Get a Grip with the Shadow Tactile Sensor Development Kit
Using Quantum Tunneling Composite (QTC) technology, the Tactile Sensor in the Development Kit is a 7x6 flat array tactile sensor unit, molded in durable polyurethane that can be used for robotic applications. In addition,
- 2008-07-22
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- Use Ramtron Development Kit to Test Drive F-RAM
Ramtron’s VersaKit-30xx development system supports the company’s Versa 8051 MCUs, the first to include ferroelectric random access memory or F-RAM. The advantages of F-RAM include…
- 2008-07-21
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- Use Cambridge Consultants xIDE software toolkit for XAP5 development
The XAP5 processor core targets ZigBee and Bluetooth wireless networks, sensor networks and applications requiring 16-bit processing performance, low energy consumption and efficient use of low cost memory. With the xIDE toolkit, you can quickly download and then write, edit, compile, run and debug programs on one of the XAP processor simulators. - 2008-07-18
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- Evaluate TI’s Complete Analog Front-End Device for Ultrasound Systems
Texas Instruments’ AFE5805EVM allows the evaluation of the integrated functions in the AFE5805, a complete analog front-end device for medical ultrasound systems.
- 2008-07-17
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- Use Freescale’s DEV Kit to Evaluate Power Supply with CAN Transceiver
For automotive applications, the MC33989, called a System Basis Chip (SBC), is an analog mixed-signal IC for implementing power management, high-speed communication and control in MCU-based systems.
- 2008-07-16
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- Win motor control development tools from Microchip Technology
Participate in Microchip’s “Three-Phase Motor Control Sweepstakes” by simply completing a survey and possibly win one of several motor control development tools. It only takes about a minute!
- 2008-07-15
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- Innovasic’s fido1100 EDK: a solution for problems that dog you
Designed to provide deterministic performance for Industrial Ethernet applications, the fido 1100 microcontroller uses an RTOS Kernel in a Chip, redefining the boundaries between hardware and software to reduce system jitter and latency. This kit can reduce the latency in the design process.
- 2008-07-14
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- Midé Shape Memory Alloy Starter Kit
Supported by a manual containing input from years of engineering experience, this kit could provide a new twist to your next design.
- 2008-07-11
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- Evaluate STMicroelectronics 4-Channel High-Side Driver for Your System
Drive four independent resistive, capacitive and/or inductive loads with this evaluation board. - 2008-07-10
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Blog Posts

- DEV-monkey BLOG
Easily Address and Control Remote Serial Devices
A serial device offer more than than point to point communications. - 07.17.2008
- Posted in Jon Titus Blog

- DEV-monkey Reviews
Reviewed: A New Module That Simplifies Zigbee Development
Electronic Design's William Wong reviews a ZigBee module from AeroComm intended to make Zigbee development a tad easier.
- 05.19.2008
- Posted in Dev Kits Blog
Video Clips

- Texas Instruments MSP430 Low Power Demo
- 2008-06-01 00:00:00

- Editor's Choice: Renesas R8C/2D MCU Kit
- 2008-06-02 00:00:00

- Editor's Choice: Microchip PIC32 Starter Kit
- 2008-06-02 00:00:00
Development Resource Center

- Texas Instruments’ eZ430-RF2500 Dev Tool
The eZ430-RF2500 is a complete USB-based MSP430 wireless dev tool providing all the hardware - View all resources by Digi-Key
- National Semiconductor’s LED WEBENCH Tool Helps Engineers
National Semiconductor Corporation light-emitting diode (LED) WEBENCH® online design environment helps engineers select from and design with more than 200 high-brightness LEDs in minutes. - Posted by
- Digi-Key Offers STM32 Cortex-M3 32-bit Microcontroller Training Module
This 20-minute online training module from Digi-Key takes design engineers through the features of the STM32 Cortex™-M3 32-bit Microcontroller, designed with embedded applications in mind.
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