USB Development Board

USB has established itself as the new standard for connectivity. That is why USB connectivity has become the “holy grail” of most embedded applications.

Well, let me get straight to the point. If you want to start developing projects with USB interface, you want to have  the  proper development tools. To have the tools that you need, you either have to buy or to do-it-yourself.

If you want to build a USB development board yourself, here is one for you. [Read more...]

Handy FPGA Laboratory

Want to learn real digital hardware design? You might want to consider Field Programmable Grid Arrays or FPGAs. There are a lot of FPGA learning kits available today. Some are specially designed to target developments of commercial projects which are, of course, very expensive. Some are a little bit price friendly specially for students and FPGA newbies (like me).

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All-in-One AVR Development Tool

If you are an AVR fan, you must be familiar with most of Atmel’s AVR development  tools: STK500, AVR Studio, AVRISP, AVR TJAGICE, AVR JTAGICE mkII, AVRISP mkII, STK600, etc. But there is one Atmel AVR development tool that provides ISP programming, High Voltage Programming, and debugging which comes in small form, beautiful box, and cheap price. 

The development tool that I am talking about is the AVR Dragon.

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