Help us select RoadTest kits

Hi Alistair,

My top 3 choices are:

1) Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard  is an open community board with a  feature set based on the TI OMAP L138  processor.- This board looks very promising. I would like to try it as a central unit of an autonomous measurement control and data acquisition system in our electron spectroscopy laboratory.

2) Microchip’s DM183026 mTouch capacitive  evaluation kit helps develop  touch sense applications using PIC16F or  PIC24F MCUs.- I am especially interested in this development kit of Microchip, because it is based on the MCUs I am working with presently. Touch sensing could help me to extend my applications with better human interface.

3) ST's STM3210E-SK/HT helps start  development for the company's ARM  core-based microcontrollers. - ARM microcontrollers could be the next step toward the more CPU demanding applications, when the 8 or 16 bit MCU-s (which I am presently using) are insufficient. 

Best regards,

István Cserny

Debrecen, Hungary

Hi,

I woud tip in preference order for Hawkboard, ST's STM3210E-SK/HT and for the Freescale one.

Murat

I would like to vote for 4), 7) and 8).

Reason: I am intrested in sensing of accelerations (vibrations, tracking), capacitive user interface and amplifying sensor signals.

My interests would run to:

3. ST's STM3210E-SK/HT - ARM core

7. Freescale's RD1986MMA2260DRD1986MMA2260D TRIAX 3-axis acceleration sensing

9. Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard - TI OMAP L138 processor

Presently developing consumer devices with the STM32F101 (also various AVR's, and SiLabs 8051's).

The STM32 primer2 has been very fun to experiment with - it would be interesting to test a different kit.

Cheers,

   Robert.

For sure my first choice is number 3, ST's STM3210E-SK/HT.

But I think that also number 9 (Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard) is really interesting!

Thanks for the opportunity to give our opinion!!

Davide Calusini

Hi Alistair,

My preference:

8. Microchip’s DM183026 mTouch capacitive evaluation kit helps develop  touch sense applications using PIC16F or PIC24F MCUs.

Touch screen apps seem to trickle down into every application these days, so it would be interesting to get our hands on an implementation from a supplier that delivers affordable ucontrollers with it.

#9 Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard 
#3 ST's STM3210E-SK/HT

because both seem to enable real hands-on experience, running your own code and 
not just canned demos supplied with the board.

It should be interesting to test open-source tools on these boards, aside from 
the vendor-supplied windows stuff - from a first glance, gcc + OpenOCD might support both.

Michael

hi alistar

surely my favourite options are :

2, International  Rectifier's IRS2540 IRS2540/1 buck converter based  development board  helps develop HB-LED applications

because field of DCDC conveter is rapidly growing and there are lots of different good product especially from IR but also the

high brightness LED field is a very interesting application

9. Innovate Software Solutions Hawkboard  is an open community board with a  feature set based on the TI OMAP L138 processor.

is very interesting because i have already use Beagle Board from TI and I think tha OMAP is an amazing microcontroller but at the same

time I think Hawkboardis better than Beagle especially for the high number of peripheric like LAN, etc,,,

Hi Alistair,

I would be interested in the ARM platform.

And also FPGA boards in general as Amine already mentioned.

Thanks,

Elias

Hi Alistair,

Kits 7 (Freescale accelerometer) and 8 (Microchip mTouch) seem very interesting, and would provide a learning tool with a new product area for me and most likely others in this group.  Thank you for all your effort!