Product category:
Networking Hardware
News Release from: NetBurner | Subject: PK70 Development Kit
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 August 2007
Kit offers easy route to embedded
networking
Quickly customisable, embedded Ethernet platform includes all the hardware, software and tools needed to build a network aware product.
New from NetBurner, the PK70 Embedded Network Control Product Kit is a quickly customisable, embedded Ethernet platform that includes all the hardware, software and tools needed to build a network aware product The primary advantage of the PK70 is that users can quickly customise it by installing your custom board, or one of NetBurner's Standard Personality Blades, inside the PK70 enclosure
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The $299 development kit includes: the NetBurner PK70 device, Eclipse IDE, uC/OS RTOS, TCP/IP stack, web server, C/C++ compiler and linker, Flash file system and deployment tools.
NetBurner created this full-featured embedded network control development platform for the demanding professional design engineer, and also targeted the ease of use required by hobbyists and students new to 32bit platforms.
The PK70 takes much of the legwork out of creating a prototype by eliminating the need to design a professional grade enclosure and power supply.
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Including an internal card slot interface with direct access to the PK70 CPU allows engineers to simply focus on building a "Personality Blade" that targets their end-product application.
NetBurner Personality Blade boards give developers a quick and easy way to create a network-aware device that includes your custom hardware peripherals.
Users can instantly customise the PK70 with one of the standard NetBurner Personality Blades or install their own custom board inside the PK70 enclosure.
NetBurner currently offers Personality Blades with A/D, D/A, GPIO, CPLD and prototyping areas.
Equipped with a 147MHz ColdFire Processor, 8Mbyte of SDRAM, 4Mbyte of Flash memory, 10/100 Ethernet, RS232 serial port and an SD/MMC card slot, the PK70 packs outstanding computational power, exceptional I/O, and storage performance in an optimised DIN-rail-ready enclosure.
Providing the latest in high-performance connectivity options, the included PK70 device internal connector includes three chip selects, three UARTs, I2C, SPI and an 8bit databus.
"We improved the best Ethernet core module development kit in the industry by adding a professional grade enclosure with an internal connector to allow easy expansion to the latest in high-performance peripheral options", says Larry Gitlitz, Project Engineer at NetBurner.
NetBurner Development Kits continue to lead the industry with the most innovative and comprehensive solution for creating embedded network products.
The PK70 Development Kit (NNDK-PK70EX-KIT) is available immediately at US $299.
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