Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Netduino Plus 2

The Netduino Plus is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework. The board features a 32-bit microcontroller and a rich development environment, making it a perfect solution for engineers and hobbyists alike.
The Netduino Plus 2 has four times the speed (168MHz), six times the code space (384KB), and twice the available RAM (100KB+) of Netduino Plus 1. They've also given it a whole series of rich new features like four serial ports, six PWM channels and 12-bit ADC. The 6-pin ICSP header has been swapped out for a 10-pin MiniJTAG header. The goal is to enable developers to compile their own firmware using GCC and debug both native and managed code at the same time.

Specification
  • Atmel 32-bit microcontroller
  • Speed: 168MHz, Cortex-M4
  • Code Storage: 384 KB
  • RAM: 100+ KB
  • 10 mbps Ethernet
  • Micro SD card support up to 2 GB
  • Input Voltage: 7.5 - 9.0 VDC or USB powered
  • 25 mA per Pin max Current
  • Digital I/O are 3.3 V but 5 V tolerant

System requirements                                
Windows                                            
  ● Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (32 or 64 bit) Recommended: Windows 7 or 8
  ● 1.6 GHz or faster processor
  ● 1 GB RAM
  ● Up to 3 GB of available hard drive space for Visual Studio Express 2010

Mac OS and Linux
  ● ParallelsSerial deployment and partial USB support Requires copy of Windows in virtual machine
  ● VMWare Fusion or Oracle VirtualBox Serial deployment and partial USB support, Requires copy of Windows in virtual machine
  ● Experimental Mono (native) support. Future native Mac OS and Linux support provided by an experimental open source project

processor and memory
  ●STMicro 32-bit microcontroller
  ●Speed: 168MHz, Cortex-M4
  ●Code Storage: 384 KB
  ●RAM: 100+ KB

digital i/o features
  ●all 22 digital and analog pins: GPIO
  ●digital pins 0-1: UART 1 RX, TX
  ●digital pins 2-3: UART 2 RX, TX/PWM
  ●digital pins 5-6: PWM, PWM
  ●digital pins 7-8: UART 3 RX, TX
(also works as UART 2 RTS, CTS)
  ●digital pins 9-10: PWM, PWM
  ●digital pins 11-13: PWM/MOSI, MISO, SPCK
  ●digital pin SD/SC: SDA/SCL
(also works as UART 4 RX, TX)

networking
  ●ethernet: 10 mbps
  ●network stack: lwIP

storage
  ●micro sd (up to 2 GB)
  ●auto card detect

power
  ●input: 7.5 - 9.0 VDC or USB powered
  ●output: 5 VDC and 3.3 VDC regulated
  ●max current: 25 mA per pin
microcontroller max current: est. 125 mA total
  ●digital i/o are 3.3 V--but 5 V tolerant

environmental
  ●operating temperature:
0 - 70 °C (32 - 158 °F)
  ●RoHS compliant