USB Development Board

martes, 7 de septiembre de 2010

Comento que para los que no sabe o no conocian existen tarjetas de desarrollo con conector mini-USB, con lo cual podemos dotar nuestros proyectos de comunicacion USB real con reconocimiento del sistema operativo como USB HID (Human Interface Device) lo cual no requiere drivers especiales para su funcionamiento, mientras que como en el caso del circuito FTDI solo nos limitamos a realizar una comunicacion de tipo UART pero utilizando este puerto.

Eh encontrado dos placas de desarrollo, ambas basadas en uC de ATMEL, de bajo costo alrededor de uno 250 pesos mexicanos, no se de cuanto sea el envio de usa a MX si alguien sabe que lo comente, aun asi aqui la info al respecto:

Teensy USB Development Board

The Teensy is a complete USB-based microcontoller development system, in a very small footprint! All programming is done via the USB port. No special programmer is needed, only a standard "Mini-B" USB cable and a PC or Macintosh with a USB port.

Key Features:
  • USB can be any type of device
  • AVR processor, 16 MHz
  • Single pushbutton programming
  • Easy to use Teensy Loader application
  • Free software development tools
  • Works with Mac OS X, Linux & Windows
  • Tiny size, perfect for many projects
  • Available with pins for solderless breadboard
  • Very low cost & low cost shipping options

SpecificationTeensy 2.0Teensy++ 2.0
ProcessorATMEGA32U4AT90USB1286
Flash Memory32256130048
RAM Memory25608192
EEPROM10244096
I/O2546
Analog In128
PWM79
UART,I2C,SPI1,1,11,1,1
Price$18$24


Bumble-B: Mini USB Development Kit



So you want to build USB enabled devices. Bumble-B is here to help!

It is a breakout board for Atmel's at90usb162 microcontroller, along with supporting hardware and USB connector. It is DIP-24/600mil shape, and works very well on a breadboard.

You can program Bumble-B without any special hardware and using entirely free and open source software from Atmel and the AVR community. This makes Bumble-B a self-contained AVR development kit that you can start working with instantly, with no special tools.