Inexpensive development board for the Piccolo devices and InstaSPIN technology

An inexpensive comprehensive development board for the Piccolo F2806x devices and InstaSPIN technology, the Texas Instruments' C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad, LAUNCHXL-F28069M, is now available from Farnell element14. The LaunchPad lets users quickly enter the world of motor control using the InstaSPIN-MOTION or InstaSPIN-FOC solution. It is based on the Piccolo TMS320F28069M with unique features such as 256KB of onboard flash, 12-bit ADC, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, dual Encoder support and InstaSPIN libraries in on-chip execute-only ROM memory. It includes many board hardware features such as an integrated isolated XDS100v2 JTAG emulator for easy programming and debugging. The LaunchPad works with various BoosterPacks, but is specifically designed for the BOOSTXL-DRV8301. Besides JTAG emulation, the USB interface provides a UART serial connection from the F2806x device to the host PC.