Design Starters help give you a running start for your next design. Whether you are looking to begin a wireless charging platform or quickly design around a Bluetooth Low Energy module, our Design Starters will help get you quickly on your way.
Digi-Key has worked with industry leaders to help drive almost instantaneous ideation and these starters are ideal building blocks to help get your concepts created, drawn and documented in almost no time at all.The Adafruit HUZZAH CC3000 WiFi breakout board with an onboard antenna. The CC3000 hits that sweet spot of usability, price and capability. It uses SPI for communication so the user can push data depending on their needs. It has a proper interrupt system with IRQ pin so you can have asynchronous connections. It supports 802.11b/g, open/WEP/WPA/WPA2 security, TKIP & AES. A built in TCP/IP stack with a 'BSD socket' interface. TCP and UDP in both client and server mode, up to four concurrent sockets. It does not support AP mode, it can connect to an access point but it cannot be an access point.
The FRDM-STBC-AGM01 sensor development board is a shield that can be used to evaluate the FXOS8700CQ and FXAS21002C devices. It is compatible with Arduino and most NXP® Freedom development boards. The shield enables detailed 9-axis sensor evaluation and development using the Sensor Toolbox – CE software and ISF. It allows Register level analysis, computation of key sensor parameters like Current Consumption, debugging communication protocols like I2c and SPI, data logging etc.
Features:
- FXOS8700CQ: Digital Sensor - 3D Accelerometer (±2g/±4g/±8g) + 3D Magnetometer
- FXAS21002C: 3-Axis Digital Gyroscope
The Freedom-K64F is an ultra-low-cost development platform for Kinetis K64, K63, and K24 MCUs. It is form-factor compatible with the Arduino R3 pin layout and its peripherals enable rapid prototyping. The board includes a 6-axis digital accelerometer and magnetometer to create full eCompass capabilities, a tri-colored LED and 2 user push-buttons for direct interaction, a microSD card slot, and connectivity using onboard Ethernet port and headers for use with Bluetooth® and 2.4 GHz radio add-on modules. It features OpenSDAv2, the NXP open-source hardware embedded serial and debug adapter running an open-source bootloader.
Features:
- MK64FN1M0VLL12 MCU (120 MHz, 1 MB flash memory, 256 KB RAM, low-power, crystal-less USB, and 100 Low profile Quad Flat Package (LQFP))
- Dual role USB interface with micro-B USB connector
- RGB LED
- FXOS8700CQ accelerometer and magnetometer
- Two user push buttons
- Flexible power supply option – OpenSDAv2 USB, Kinetis K64 USB, and external source
- Easy access to MCU input/output through Arduino™ R3 compatible I/O connectors
-Programmable OpenSDAv2 debug circuit supporting the CMSIS-DAP Interface software that provides:
- Mass storage device (MSD) flash programming interface
- CMSIS-DAP debug interface over a driver-less USB HID connection providing run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
- Virtual serial port interface
- Open source CMSIS-DAP software project
- Ethernet
- SDHC
- Add-on Bluetooth module: JY-MCU BT board V1.05 BT
- Software support and application development is offered through the Kinetis software development kit (SDK), an extensive suite of robust peripheral drivers, stacks and middleware (replacing Sample Code Packages/examples). Get expert advice and support by joining the Kinetis Software Development Kit Community forum.
The FRDM-K20D50M is an ultra-low-cost development platform enabled by the K20 USB MCU family built on the ARM® Cortex®-M4 processor. It features the OpenSDA, with easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control.
Features:
- MK20DX128VLH5 MCU - 50MHz, 128KB Flash, 16KB RAM, 32KB FlexNVM, low power, 64 LQFP package
- Dual role USB interface with mini-B USB connector
- Open SDA
- Capacitive touch slider
- Ambient light sensor
- MMA8451Q accelerometer
- Tri-color (RGB) LED
- Flexible power supply options – USB, coin cell battery, external source
- Battery-ready, power-measurement access points
- Easy access to MCU I/O via Arduino™ R3 compatible I/O connectors
- Programmable OpenSDA debug interface with multiple applications available including:
- Mass storage device flash programming interface
- P&E debug interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
- CMSIS-DAP interface: new ARM® standard for embedded debug interface
- Data logging application
- Arduino R3 compatibility provides broad range of expansion board options
The FRDM-KL27Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform for the Kinetis L Series KL17 and KL27 MCUs built on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor. Include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL27Z is supported by a range of NXP and third-party development software.
Features:
-MKL27Z64VLH4 MCU – 48MHz, 64KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64LQFP
-Capacitive touch slider, accelerometer MMA8451Q, Magnetometer MAG3110, Tri-color LED,Flexible power supply options – USB, coin cell battery, external source
-Two (2) user push-button switches for NMI interrupts and LLWU wake up (SW1/SW3)
-Thermistor sensor to measuring temperature
-Easy access to MCU I/O
-Battery-ready, power-measurement access points
-Form factor compatible with Arduino™ R3 pin layout
-New, OpenSDA debug interface
-Mass storage device flash programming interface (default) – no tool installation required to evaluate demo apps
-P&E Debug interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
-CMSIS-DAP interface: new ARM standard for embedded debug interface
The FRDM-KL05Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform enabled by the Kinetis® L Series KL0x MCU family built on the ARM® Cortex®-M0+ processor. Features include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL05Z is supported by a range of NXP® and third-party development software.
Features:
- MKL05Z32VFM4 MCU – 48 MHz, 32 KB flash, 4 KB SRAM, 32QFN
- Capacitive touch slider, MMA8451Q accelerometer, tricolor LED
- Easy access to MCU I/O
- Sophisticated OpenSDA debug interface
- Mass storage device flash programming interface (default) – no tool installation required to evaluate demo apps
- P&E Multilink interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
The Freescale Freedom K22F is an ultra-low-cost development platform for Freescale Kinetis K22 MCUs. The board showcases the MK22FN512VLH12, a microcontroller with 120MHz high speed system clock, 512 KB flash memory, and 128 KB RAM. The board is optimized for cost sensitive applications requiring low-power, USB connectivity, and processing efficiency and high peripheral integration.
- Form-factor compatible with the Arduino R3 pin layout.
- Peripherals enable rapid prototyping, including a 6-axis digital accelerometer and magnetometer to create full eCompass capabilities, a tri-colored LED and 2 user push-buttons for direct interaction, and connectivity for use with Bluetooth® and 2.4 GHz radio add-on modules.
- OpenSDAv2 offers options for serial communication, flash programming, and run-control debugging.
- The FRDM-K22F is enabled with the ARM® mbed™ development platform, which means you can quickly get started designing with no downloads or installations.
The FRDM-KL02Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform enabled by the Kinetis® L series KL02 family built on the ARM® Cortex®-M0+ processor. Features include the open standard embedded serial and debug adapter (OpenSDA), providing easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL02Z is supported by a range of NXP® and third-party development software.
Features
- MKL02Z32VFM4 MCU – 48 MHz, 32 KB Flash, 4 KB SRAM, 32QFN
- Capacitive touch slider, MMA8451Q accelerometer, Tri-color LED
- Flexible power supply options –coin cell battery, external source
- Easy access to MCU I/O
- Battery-ready, power-measurement access points
- New, OpenSDA debug interface:
- Mass storage device flash programming interface (default); no tool installation required to evaluate demo apps
- P&E Debug interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
- CMSIS-DAP interface: new ARM standard for embedded debug interface
The Freedom KL25Z is an ultra-low-cost development platform for Kinetis® L Series KL1x (KL14/15) and KL2x (KL24/25) MCUs built on ARM® Cortex®-M0+ processor. Its features include easy access to MCU I/O, battery-ready, low-power operation, a standard-based form factor with expansion board options and a built-in debug interface for flash programming and run-control. The FRDM-KL25Z is supported by a range of NXP® and third-party development software.
Features:
- MKL25Z128VLK4 MCU – 48MHz, 128KB flash, 16KB SRAM, USB OTG (FS), 80LQFP
- Capacitive touch "slider," MMA8451Q accelerometer, tri-color LED
- Easy access to MCU I/O
- Sophisticated OpenSDA debug interface
- Mass storage device flash programming interface (default) – no tool installation required to evaluate demo apps
- P&E Multilink interface provides run-control debugging and compatibility with IDE tools
- Open-source data logging application provides an example for customer, partner and enthusiast development on the OpenSDA circuit
- mbed enabled
This project is GPS tracker wing configuration, a low power application capable of logging the current device location from a GPS module to SD Card, which is controlled by commands sent through SMS over a GSM modem. It is designed to run on the Atmel® SAM D20 series of low-power microcontrollers, which is a 32- bit ARM® Cortex® -M0+ based device series with a rich peripheral set, good processing performance, and low unit cost.
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