We'd like to hear your thoughts on dev kits in the market just now. What kits interest you, or would you maybe like to see on future RoadTests? Are there any other type of products you'd like to see on RoadTest? (before anyone suggests, there's no chance of an iPad appearing in the near term future
)To get the conversation started we've pasted 9 possible kits below. Tell us which of these interest you the most and why? As a disclaimer, I'm not promising to give away the most popular, but we'll certainly talk to the manufacturers and your views will help us greatly!
1. National Semiconductor’s LM26420 evaluation board demonstrates the company's LM26420 based solution.
2. International Rectifier's IRS2540 IRS2540/1 buck converter based development board helps develop HB-LED applications
3. ST's STM3210E-SK/HT helps start development for the company's ARM core-based microcontrollers.
4. Maxim's MAX9830A evaluation kit uses a filterless class D amplifier to drive a mono bridge-tied-load speaker.
5. Matrix Multimedia's EB018 E-blocks CAN bus board allows investigation of the CAN bus protocol.
6. Avago's HFBR-0410HFBR-0410 fiber optics evaluation kit allows first hand experience with simple DC to 5MBd TTL compatible components.
7. Freescale's RD1986MMA2260DRD1986MMA2260D TRIAX 3-axis acceleration sensing demo board combines demos available for accelerometer applications.
8. Microchip’s DM183026 mTouch capacitive evaluation kit helps develop touch sense applications using PIC16F or PIC24F MCUs.
9. Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard is an open community board with a feature set based on the TI OMAP L138 processor.
