Dongles allow easy programming

The Future Designs USB-Dongle and Derivative Board family provides a low-cost platform for testing or prototyping of simple microcontroller-based designs.

Digi-Key is now stocking the Future Designs USB-Dongle and Derivative Board family, allowing for quick and easy ICP or ISP programming of many popular NXP Semiconductors microcontroller families such as the LPC9xx and 89V52X2.

The unit also provides a low-cost platform for testing or prototyping of simple microcontroller-based designs.

The USB-Dongle provides a virtual COM port interface to the PC and allows hex files to be downloaded and programmed using Flash Magic or other common utilities.

It also provides all power needed by the various derivative boards so no external power supply is required.

Low-cost derivative boards are available for many different microcontrollers from NXP.

The initial product release includes seven derivative boards with nine others scheduled for release next quarter.

Digi-Key is stocking the USB-Dongle and all members of the derivative board family as an extension of its existing agreement with Future Designs.

"We are very pleased to add these new products from FDI to our product offering", said Mark Larson, Digi-Key President.

"Digi-Key serves thousands of design engineers who are sure to find these high-quality, low-cost prototyping and testing solutions to be of consequential interest".

"These new low-cost demo and programming boards greatly reduce the initial cost of developing with any of the microcontroller families from NXP Semiconductors", said Kent Lowman, Future Designs Director.

"The Digi-Key catalogue, website, and overnight delivery options allow design engineers to have these new tools in their hands tomorrow if needed".

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