Energy Micro development kit provides AEM system
Energy Micro
AEM development kit
Energy Micro has announced a development kit for its EFM32 Gecko MCU range, providing users with a Advanced Energy Monitoring (AEM) system.
Via a large in-built LCD screen and preconfigured GUI, AEM enables users to accurately view a prototype application's current-consumption data in real time, enabling early identification and removal of adverse energy drains.
Modular in construction, the development kit comprises a motherboard, a plug-in MCU card (available with or without a 160-segment LCD) and a large plug-in protoyping card for rapid application development.
Based on the ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller architecture, the target EFM32G MCU running at 3V consumes less than 180uA/MHz in executing code from Flash and is proven to extend battery life by a factor of four when compared to alternative 8-,16- or 32-bit low-power microcontrollers.
To simplify application debugging and programming, the development kit features an onboard USB/J-Link emulator and standard 20-pin debug connector.
The kit's GPIO interfaces are comprehensive and include LEDs, DIP and pushbutton switches, a mini joystick and a potentiometer.
Analogue options comprise a light sensor, a three-axis accelerometer and audio line in/line out, while communications ports provided are 2 x RS232 serial, I2C and an IR transceiver.
Supporting the development kit is Energy Micro's software library, built on ARM's standard CMSIS abstraction layer, IAR's Embedded Workbench and Keil's MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit.
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