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FTDI expedites embedded design projects with new addition to its Vinco offering

13th June 2011

Future Technology Devices International Limited

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USB solutions specialist Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has further strengthened its Arduino-inspired Vinco platform (which was first announced in November 2010) with the introduction of the VNCLO-START1 kit. This comprehensive new development environment based on the company’s Vinculum-II (VNC2) dual channel USB Host/Device controller effectively gives engineers everything they need for developing next generation embedded systems.

The VNCLO-START1 kit is made up of a Vinco motherboard and a VNC2 debug/programming module. An optional accessory pack that expands this development kit even further is the VNCLO-SHLD-1A prototyping board accompanied by a set of interconnect, optoelectronic and passive components with which engineers can create their own I/O application boards (or ‘shields’) in line with the highly popular open-source Arduino concept. The Vinco VNCLO-START1 kit is further supported by a set of free to download libraries that include USB Host/Device drivers and an easy to use software development tool chain (consisting of a ‘C’ compiler, assembler, and debugger) for generating firmware.

The Vinco motherboard integrates an 8-channel, 10-bit ADC, simplifying connection to sensors, actuators and other analogue devices. It supports 38 general-purpose input/output connections. The Vinculum-II controller chip at the heart of the board integrates a 16/32-bit (instruction/data) MCU core, 16kB of RAM and 256kB of Flash Memory, along with a range of interfaces (UART, SPI, GPIO, FIFO and PWM).