MCU kit works as demo, evaluation platform and ICE

Solid State Supplies reckons the Limited Edition 3 Diamonds Kit is destined to become a designer's best friend.

Solid State Supplies reckons the Limited Edition 3 Diamonds Kit is destined to become a designer's best friend.

The kit is the key to a variety of effective applications including motor control using the M16C/62A high performance MCU.

Offering three main uses, namely as a demo tool, evaluation kit or a simple in-circuit emulator, the 3 Diamonds Kit consists of an M16C/62A microcontroller mounted onto a board with eight independent LEDs connected to an I/O port to allow simple visual output from the MCU.

Three interrupt switches allow some control over the MCU and a variable resistor is connected to an A/D converter input to measure analogue voltage.

The board can be interfaced to a PC via a RS-232 cable where C coded programs can be downloaded to the MCU using the supplied software which contains all the necessary data to enable the compilation and debugging of both code and software for programming the ROM monitor or the designerûs own ROM image Hex file.

Also in the kit is a header connector around the MCU which allows access to and use of any or all of the pins on the M16C/62A.

To be launched at the Embedded Systems Show next week, manufacture of the 3 Diamonds Kit has been limited to just 1,000 pieces.

Shipped with a test program already installed in the 265kbit Flash, the board has 20kbyte of RAM operating at 5V and a main clock speed at 16MHz.

The MCU itself provides highly efficient, cost effective solutions, particularly in industrial applications, because of its flexibility.

Featuring an on-chip capability within its timer counter to drive 3-phase PWM outputs during deadtime generation, the microcontroller also features a 10bit, eight-channel ADC and two channel 8bit DAC onboard.

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