Arduino compatible development platform for high precision analog applications

Farnell element14 announced the launch of Analog Devices EVAL-ADICUP360 evaluation board. The evaluation board is part of a comprehensive ecosystem which includes open source development tools, software examples and hardware modules. The hardware has an Arduino/ PMOD form factor for easy plug and play functionality and rapid prototyping with ADI or third party shields. The key features include ARM Cortex M3 Analog micro controller and dual integrated 3.9kSPS, 24bit Data Acquisition/Sigma-delta ADC. It features up to 12 multiplexed analog input channel. It doesn’t require any external debugger/emulator tools; is an open source, free, Eclipse-based interactive development environment (IDE), and is compatible with Arduino and PMOD add-on modules. The evaluation board is made up of two major building blocks: a fully integrated, 3.9kSPS, 24-bit data acquisition system that incorporates dual high performance, multichannel sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters (ADCs); a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor; and Flash/EE memory, realized on a single chip ADuCM360 microcontroller. The board is designed for direct interfacing to external precision sensors in both wired and battery-powered applications. Applications would include industrial automation and process control, intelligent precision sensing systems, 4mA to 20mA loop-powered smart sensor systems and medical devices including patient monitoring. It features an on-board SWD interface, based on the OpenSDA platform. This block allows the use of a free software development tool chain to program and debug the microcontroller device. The ADuCM360 IDE offers designers an easy to use development tool with no code-size limitations.