The UniVersaKit (VERSAKITUVK)
development kit and
evaluation system, launched
by Ramtron, integrates the
required support circuitry to minimise
startup time, accelerate system
prototyping, and shorten
time-to-market for most standard
8051 microcontrollers. The UVK,
of course, supports all of the company’s
Versa products.
The kit can be an evaluation
platform for Versa mixed-signal
and low-cost flash 8051-based
MCU families. The board
includes voltage regulators (3.3
and 5V), an RS-232 transceiver,
DB9 connectors, tact switches
for manual reset/interrupt triggering,
user LEDs, a serial twowire
FRAM, and piezo buzzer
and driver circuitry. Also integrated
are chip peripherals and
I/Os that are easily accessible
through probe vias and header
footprints, as well as character
LCD display expansion capabilities.
There’s ample space for
prototyping.
The kit ships complete with IDE
(Integrated Development
Environment), C compiler, and
assembler. There’s also a development
board that supports all
Versa product families and
Versa-ICP (In-Circuit Programmer)
for programming and in-circuit
debugging of Versa Mix 8051
MCUs (VMX51C1020/16). It
can be used for in-system programming
in end product production,
too.
