The V-EVAL hardware development platform for Vinculum VNC1L-based embedded USB host designs.

Future Technology Devices International (FTDI), specialists in the design and supply of silicon and software solutions for the Universal Serial Bus (USB), has announced that its V-EVAL hardware development platform for Vinculum VNC1L-based embedded USB host designs is now stocked by Mouser Electronics, a company known for its rapid introduction of the newest products.

Supplied as a complete kit, the platform includes the V-EVAL development board, power supply, USB A/B cable and a USB gender change for use with USB slave applications. A downloadable human interface class (HID) example project for PIC, in C language, is also available.

The board provides two USB host/slave ports and multiple I/O port connectors, as well as an inbuilt Vinculum USB device programmer, terminal emulator, and command monitor. In addition to the USB ports, board connectors provide access to the UART, SPI, and FIFO interfaces. Five user-programmable switches, five user-programmable LEDs, and five status LEDs are included with PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors. 

To ease circuit design, a large array of 800 0.1” pitch holes is provided. This prototyping area can be used to add additional components to the board for testing complete designs. 

On-board devices include a VNCL1 embedded host controller and an FT2232 dual USB-UART IC that provides programming and debug functions for the Vinculum host. The V-EVAL can take power from either the power supply included in the kit or from a host PC using the USB ‘B’ connector. 

“One of Mouser’s core competencies is to rapidly stock and market new product solutions for our design engineering customers,” says Mike Scott, Mouser’s vice president of active products. “Stocking FTDI’s V-EVAL development platform allows our engineering customers to have access to the latest technologies for their new product designs.”