ADVANCED MCU DESIGNS EMPOWER EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

摘要

Addressing embedded development from a microcontroller (MCU) selection perspective, MikroElektronika (MikroE), recently released SiBRAIN, presented as a standard for a modular plug-and-play development board system to enable easy swapping of various MCUs on a SiBRAIN-socket-enabled development board. This enables embedded designers to try out multiple devices in their development phase without a massive hardware investment. Each SiBRAIN board is self-contained, addressing the specific requirements of different MCUs, regardless of pin count or pin compatibility. Each card has male and female high-speed 168-pin mezzanine connectors with the SiBRAIN socket pin-out, and the design prevents incorrect orientation and placement. We spoke to Nebojsa Matic, CEO of MikroE, about the SiBRAIN system and what it can mean to the embedded systems designer.