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What Are Your Most Popular Dev Kits or Reference Design Kits?

rscasny

I was asked this question the other day. What Are Your Most Popular Dev Kits or Reference Design Kits? On impulse, I would venture to say the Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone. I'm sure there are others. Sensor kits, FPGA kits, Motor Contr0ol kits, Power kits, come to mind, but I'm not sure which ones element14 would consider "popular."

So, I figured I would ask you.  What are your most popular kits?  If you have the time, please leave a comment below. 

Thanks

Randall Scasny

-element14 Community

  • in reply to dougw

    Farnell have stocked the PCB headers for a while now

    SEEED STUDIO Grove, Connector, 4 Pin 2mm, 10 Pack - 110990030

    https://cpc.farnell.com/seeed-studio/110990030/grove-connector-4p-2mm-10pk/dp/MK00368


    SEEED STUDIO Grove, Connector, 4 Pin 2mm 90 Degree, 10 Pack - 110990037

    https://cpc.farnell.com/seeed-studio/110990037/grove-connector-4p-2mm-90-degree/dp/MK00369?st=connector

    I posted a link to the datasheet a while back. Now if only I could find it...

  • in reply to misaz

    Not advanced DSP as such but there is a good library for DSP, CMSIS.

  • in reply to beacon_dave

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    Adafruit claim that their 4pin JST-PH 2.0mm are compatible with Grove

    "...The 4 pin size is even compatible with Grove!..."

    https://www.adafruit.com/product/4422

    ( Can you tell that someone here has been down this long and winding road before ? )

  • For me the current most popular happen to be processing boards, these ones in particular: (1) Pi Pico, followed by (2) Raspberry Pi. I don't use Arduino boards all too often, although I like the new Arduino Rev 4.

    Pre-Pico, I used Mbed-enabled boards a lot! They are awesome.

    (1) Pi Pico: Ultra versatile. Both C/C++ SDK and MicroPython are excellent. Plus a second Pico can be used as a debugger for C/C++. Custom carrier board (Pico-Euro). Dev environment of choice: CLion

    (2) Raspberry Pi: Regularly used as a test/learning box for Linux, and for developing with GNU tools (usually C/C++), plus sometimes Python. Network-only, with no keyboard or monitor attached. (Therefore, for troubleshooting, I'm glad the Rev 5 Pi finally has a separate UART/console port! Took them long enough though..).

    (3) Arduino Rev 4: Low-cost development board for the Renesas RA4M1 microcontroller. Currently more likely to use the Renesas SDK+dev environment with it.

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    With a soldering iron and some patience, any connector pair will mate at least once.

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    I've tried JST - the pitch is the same, but from what I remember offsets and grooves in the shell are different.

  • in reply to DAB

    That is a good point. The question is, will they all be obsolete before we get around to finding an application? I have some that are really old.

  • in reply to shabaz

    It is great to see Arduino using a Renesas. Their MCUs have been suffering a bit from lack of exposure in the Arduino world.

  • in reply to DAB

    You know, I heard on a podcast once: "stop accepting free dev kits (if you don't need them.)"

    And they were right. I literally have a box of dev kits that were given to me, but have never taken out of the original package.

    Hm. Any chance they'll be like original Star Wars action figures and worth something, some day?

    They could be my only hope.