Flex boards

 

The FLEX boards are a family of development boards especially suited for educational purposes and fast prototyping.

Since a few years, they have been a common platform used by more than 15 universities and a number of companies for teaching, prototyping, and sensor interfacing.

The following is a brief description of the FLEX Boards. Please refer to the Evidence website for more information about the available boards.

 

FLEX Light and FLEX Full

These are the base boards, providing a Microchip dsPIC microcontroller. All the pins are available on a 2.54mm pitch connector, for an easy connection with a Thru Hole board.

The Flex Light hosts the dsPIC with a linear voltage regulator, whereas in the case of the FLEX Full, a switching power supplier plus an USB connection with a PIC18.

 

FLEX Demo board

The Demo board is a daughter board which can be plugged on top of the FLEX Light and FLEX Full.

It provides buttons, leds, a 16x2 LCD, 3 axis accelerometer, IR TX/RX, 802.15.4 slot (for Chipcon or Microchip transceivers), 2 DAC, potentiometer, light sensor, temperature sensor, plus a serial line slot.

 

FLEX Demo2 board/pack

The Demo2 board/pack is a daughter board which can be plugged on top of the FLEX Light and FLEX Full.

The FLEX demo2 pack, also known as FLEX Motion Board Pack is a FLEX Daughter Board with plug-ins, targeted specifically for educational institutions e.g. Schools and Universities.

 

FLEX Multibus board

The Multibus board is a daughter board which can be plugged on top of the FLEX Light and FLEX Full.

It provides 2 serial slots, 2 CAN slots, 1 SPI slot, and 1 Ethernet slot.

 

FLEX modules

These are a set of small modules which can be plugged on top of the Demo board/Multibus boards.

Available modules are: RS232, RS485, RS422, Serial TTL, CAN, Ethernet, SPI.

 

FLEX thru Hole Board

A customized Thru Hole board is also available to allow easy soldering and prototyping. One Thru Hole board is included in each FLEX Light/FLEX Full box.

 

FLEX Mini kit

The FLEX Mini kit is a complete pack targeted specifically for ZigBee users and educational institutions e.g. Schools and Universities. It is an ideal product for developing a WSN (Wireless Sensor Network).

 

FLEX packs

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