NXP Semiconductors
The FRDM-MCXW71 is a compact and scalable development board for rapid prototyping of systems based on the MCX W71 family of wireless microcontrollers from NXP Semiconductors.Â
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Microchip
The PIC32CX-BZ3 and WBZ35x Curiosity board from Microchip is an all-in-one platform for testing the microcontroller and wireless functions of the WBZ35x multi-protocol MCU modules and the PIC32CX-BZ3 SoCs.
The PIC32CX-BZ3 and WBZ35x Curiosity board comes preconfigured with an out-of-the-box sensor application where data are sent over Bluetooth® LE. Additional Bluetooth and Zigbee 3.0 application examples are available in MPLAB Harmony v3.
In addition to the WBZ351 Arm® Cortex®-M4F MCU module with PCB antenna, the PIC32CX-BZ3 and WBZ35x Curiosity board features the following connection interfaces and peripherals:
- mikroBUS™ socket
- RGB LED
- Ambient analog voltage temperature sensor
- User button and LED
- Onboard programmer/debugger circuit
- External 32.768-kHz crystal
- 64-Mbit QSPI Flash memory
- Li-Po battery management and charging circuit
An Xplained Pro header interface also enables connections to extension boards like the QT7 Xplained Pro extension kit. This can be used to evaluate the capacitive touch capabilities of the PIC32CX-BZ3 SoC for HMI applications.
STMicroelectronics
The STEVAL-PROTEUS1 from STMicroelectronics is an evaluation tool designed for temperature and vibration monitoring. It is based on a 2.4 GHz multi-protocol wireless system-on-chip (SoC) which is suitable for performing condition monitoring in industrial applications.
The evaluation board simplifies the prototyping, evaluation and development of wireless industrial sensor nodes used in predictive maintenance. All components are mounted on the top side of the PCB to provide for easy mounting on other equipment. Comprehensive software and firmware libraries implementing vibration analysis in the time and frequency domains ease software customization and shorten time-to-market.
The main board includes the STM32WB5MMG ultra-low power wireless radio module. This module is FCC and IC certified. Based on the STM32WB55VGY wireless SoC, it complies with the requirements of the Bluetooth® Low Energy SIG specification v5.2, ZigBee 3.0, and IEEE 802.15.4-2011. The main board includes an STSAFE-A110 secure element which provides authentication and secure data management services to a local or remote host.
The board also features an IIS3DWB high-bandwidth accelerometer, IIS2DLPC ultra-low power accelerometer, and the ISM330DHCX inertial motion sensing module for vibration monitoring.
An external memory is connected via QSPI to the STM32WB5MMG module for data buffering and event storage.
The STEVAL-PROTEUS board may be powered by the lithium polymer rechargeable battery. It can also be powered via USB, 5 V at 500 mA, or a primary battery which is not included.
Application example firmware with dedicated algorithms is preloaded in the STM32WB5MMG Flash memory for easy demonstration of wireless vibration and temperature node monitoring.
STMicroelectronics
The STM32H7S78-DK Discovery Kit from STMicroelectronics is a complete demonstration and development platform for the Arm® Cortex®‑M7 core‑based STM32H7S series of microcontrollers.
The STM32H7S78-DK Discovery Kit includes a full range of hardware features which help the user to evaluate many peripherals, such as USB Type-C®, Octo‑SPI Flash memory and Hexadeca‑SPI PSRAM devices, audio codec, digital microphones, ADC, flexible extension connectors, and a user button. The four flexible extension connectors give easy expansion capabilities for applications such as wireless connectivity and sensors.
The STM32H7S7L8H6H MCU features three I2C buses, six SPI ports, three USART ports, two SDMMC ports, two CAN ports, an Ethernet port, two SAI ports, two 12‑bit ADCs, an embedded step-down converter, two Octo‑SPI memory interfaces, one Hexadeca‑SPI interface, USB OTG HS port with power delivery, LCD‑TFT controller, flexible memory controller, an 8‑ to 14‑bit DCMI interface, JTAG, and SWD debugging support.
The kit integrates an STLINK-V3EC embedded in-circuit debugger and programmer for the STM32 MCUs with a USB Virtual COM port bridge. It is supplied with the comprehensive STM32 MCU software package.
Infineon
The KIT_XMC48_RLX_ECAT_V2.1 EtherCAT® evaluation kit from Infineon supports development based on the XMC4800, an Arm® Cortex®-M4 core-based microcontroller which includes an EtherCAT slave node.Â
The Infineon ModusToolbox™ software supports application development on the evaluation kit by providing a board support package and validated code examples.
STMicroelectronics
STM32 Nucleo-64 boards from STMicroelectronics provide an affordable and flexible way for designers to try out new concepts and build prototypes based on the STM32U0 series of low-cost, low-power microcontrollers. Arduino Uno V3 connectivity support and ST morpho headers allow for easy expansion of the functionality of the STM32 Nucleo open development platform with a wide choice of specialized shields.
STM32 Nucleo-64 boards do not require a discrete probe as the boards integrate an ST-LINK debugger/programmer.
The NUCLEO-U083RC Nucleo-64 board is supplied with the comprehensive and free STM32 software libraries and code examples available in the STM32Cube MCU package.