EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, presents its new reference platform for the LPC23xx product line from NXP in the form of ChameleonARM. ChameleonARM reliably combines a board and a multitude of useful software in one package.
The NXP LPC23xx microcontrollers based on a 16/32 bit ARM7TDMI-S CPU are so versatile with their CAN and USB 2.0 interfaces via Ethernet, SD/MMC card interfaces up to I2C, A/D-D/A transducers, UARTs and GPIOs, that the LPC23xx can justly be described as the new standard workhorse in the field of embedded applications.
"With our reference design we leave the field of pure component sales, and provide our customers with a perfect example of how the components of our franchise partners are combined to form an optimum solution," explains Rudy Van Parijs, Vice President Technical Development for EBV Elektronik.
"Following 'DragonFire' and 'SnakeBytes', we now launch 'ChameleonARM' our third reference design on the market in nine months and number four is to follow in September."
"We also plan four further boards for next year. In doing so, we offer EBV customers access to state-of-the-art technologies that they can either implement one-to-one or adapt to their requirements with slight modifications. We thus significantly reduce costs and development work for our customers as well as reduce their time-to-market," emphasises Van Parijs.
Developers can use the ChameleonARM reference platform as part of their development process and also receive design documents if required, in order to integrate the board directly into their design. In addition to the microcontroller from the LPC23xx line, the board also features PoE (Power over Ethernet) and other power controllers and voltage references as well as Ethernet PHY and various passive components.
An extensive software demo package with TCP/IP stack and USB stack, etc., is also included as part of the delivery for the ChameleonARM reference platform which supports all component interfaces so that developers can focus on the development of their individual application (software) from the outset.
The board is already fit for use and can also support new derivatives of the NXP controller from the LPC23xx product line. Due to the strategic co-operation between EBV and NXP, EBV Elektronik is also familiar with details of the LPC23xx roadmap and has therefore produced the reference design based on this data.
For example, ChameleonARM is already 100% in line with the next generation of LPC23xx microcontrollers, for which not only the USB device but also the USB host/OTG function (USB on-the-go) is implemented in the ARM controller.
The application possibilities for the LPC23xx microcontroller line are widespread, but EBV Elektronik's initial primary focus is on industrial control systems, process automation and medical devices, as well as office and network applications, and the diverse area of home automation.
