Where to get a DSP/microcontroller board in Melbourne?

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Lyndon

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Hi all,

I've been looking around for a microcontroller board from a project
I'm working on. I want something more advanced than a HandyBoard
(which I've used in the past) for a control system linked to a PC
application via RS232.

I've had recommendations on the following chips...

320F28xx from Texas Instruments
MPC568xx from Motorola
Analog Devices Blackfin series

....but I haven't been able to find anyone in Victoria or Australia
that make and sell control boards with any of these chips, or anything
similar. There only seems to be two extremes; hobby kits from DSE and
Jaycar and full industrial cards which are more complicated and
expensive than what I need.

I want a microcontroller or DSP board that has the following onboard;
ADC's (4-6) and DAC's (2), PWM out for motor speed control, serial
interface for programming and the PC link, and something that can be
programmed in C (or similar) that is ready to go out of the box.

Can anyone give me any help with this?

Thanks,
Lyndon.
 
HI,

You are better off ordering boards from manufacturer directly. Easier and
cheaper than getting them locally.

Check TI website -- they are pretty good.

Rudolf

"Lyndon" <webster@netlink.net.au> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I've been looking around for a microcontroller board from a project
I'm working on. I want something more advanced than a HandyBoard
(which I've used in the past) for a control system linked to a PC
application via RS232.

I've had recommendations on the following chips...

320F28xx from Texas Instruments
MPC568xx from Motorola
Analog Devices Blackfin series

...but I haven't been able to find anyone in Victoria or Australia
that make and sell control boards with any of these chips, or anything
similar. There only seems to be two extremes; hobby kits from DSE and
Jaycar and full industrial cards which are more complicated and
expensive than what I need.

I want a microcontroller or DSP board that has the following onboard;
ADC's (4-6) and DAC's (2), PWM out for motor speed control, serial
interface for programming and the PC link, and something that can be
programmed in C (or similar) that is ready to go out of the box.

Can anyone give me any help with this?

Thanks,
Lyndon.
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"Lyndon" <webster@netlink.net.au> wrote in message
news:6864d8ba.0404280419.703d5a74@posting.google.com...
Hi all,

I've been looking around for a microcontroller board from a project
I'm working on. I want something more advanced than a HandyBoard
(which I've used in the past) for a control system linked to a PC
application via RS232.

I've had recommendations on the following chips...

320F28xx from Texas Instruments
MPC568xx from Motorola
Analog Devices Blackfin series

...but I haven't been able to find anyone in Victoria or Australia
that make and sell control boards with any of these chips, or anything
similar. There only seems to be two extremes; hobby kits from DSE and
Jaycar and full industrial cards which are more complicated and
expensive than what I need.

I want a microcontroller or DSP board that has the following onboard;
ADC's (4-6) and DAC's (2), PWM out for motor speed control, serial
interface for programming and the PC link, and something that can be
programmed in C (or similar) that is ready to go out of the box.

Can anyone give me any help with this?

Thanks,
Lyndon.
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Why do you think you need a DSP? DSP compilers are, in general, expensive.
Do you have some heavy number crunching to do? Do you need to acquire,
process and output analog signals FAST? If not, consider a simpler fast
microcontroller with cheap tools, like the Atmel AVR. Dontronics in
Tullamarine have a good collection of AVR and PIC boards.
(www.dontronics.com).

Cheers,
Alf
alfkatz@remove.the.obvious.ieee.org
www.micromagic.net.au



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"Lyndon" <webster@netlink.net.au> wrote in message
news:6864d8ba.0404280419.703d5a74@posting.google.com...
Hi all,

I've been looking around for a microcontroller board from a project
I'm working on. I want something more advanced than a HandyBoard
(which I've used in the past) for a control system linked to a PC
application via RS232.

I've had recommendations on the following chips...

320F28xx from Texas Instruments
MPC568xx from Motorola
Analog Devices Blackfin series

...but I haven't been able to find anyone in Victoria or Australia
that make and sell control boards with any of these chips, or anything
similar. There only seems to be two extremes; hobby kits from DSE and
Jaycar and full industrial cards which are more complicated and
expensive than what I need.

I want a microcontroller or DSP board that has the following onboard;
ADC's (4-6) and DAC's (2), PWM out for motor speed control, serial
interface for programming and the PC link, and something that can be
programmed in C (or similar) that is ready to go out of the box.

Can anyone give me any help with this?

Thanks,
Lyndon.
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What about analog devices black fin kit
was around Aus$150+p&h from memec

DSP 600MHz 32MB ram, 2MB flash, audio video codecs encoder/decoder
comes with c and c++ compiler with limited executable size 20K
usb connection to pc. board acts as dongle for compiler
choice of blackfin BF-533 or

http://www.analog.com/processors/epProductPage/0,2542,BF533%252DHARDWARE,00.html
http://www.analog.com/processors/processors/blackfin/crosscore/index.html

memec / unique 9760 4277
in Bayswater Vic

Or for micro boards 8 bit mostly

www.futurlec.com.au or www.futurlec.com

or
www.newmicros.com
philips arm or motorola dsp 56F80x boards
c, asm or forth .
These guys are in the US.

or arm 7 or 9 boards
lots of different manufacturers

even something like an xscale board
intels arm chips like in some of the pda's
http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/R231-SP-KIT400.html
can get them for about a 1/3 of the price of this one
or get a second hand pocket pc or similar

philips arm 7 chips
lpc2129 may suit your requirements
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/LPC2119FBD64.html
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/markets/mms/products/microcontrollers/support/development_tools/tools_by_family/arm7tdmi/index.html
gcc for compiler or limited version of iar compiler
keil uses gcc as does Rowely (follow links on tools page)

Or one of the other arm or similar micro boards ?

Also motorola just released a new coldfire processor

Alex
 
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