Expansion and demo board for Raspberry Pi

SKU 2846-DVK512EAN 8219671074544Item type: Assembled, Shields & add-ons

Description

Ideal for use with Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspberry Pi 3 B, Raspberry Pi 2 type A+, Raspberry Pi 2 type B+ and Raspberry Pi 2 type B), it carries connectors for the UART, SPI and I2C interfaces, a connector for an LCD16x2 display, a Raspberry Pi GPIO connector, 4 user-configurable buttons and 4 LEDs, buzzer, trimmer, RTC and a USB to UART converter

Ideal for use with Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspberry Pi 3 B, Raspberry Pi 2 type A+, Raspberry Pi 2 type B+ and Raspberry Pi 2 type B), it features a connector for UART, SPI, I2C interfaces, a connector for a 16×2 LCD display, a Raspberry Pi GPIO connector, 4 user-configurable buttons and 4 LEDs, buzzer, trimmer, RTC and USB-to-UART converter. The package includes the DVK512 board, four connector cables (2 with red and black wires and 2 with 4 colored wires) and a CD-ROM containing: user manual (in English), development documentation (Raspbian configuration, C library installation), Raspbian (system image configured for Raspberry), schematic (PDF) and C examples (Linux API source code).

Sample C programs available on the CD-ROM

  • LED (I/O)
  • Logic Level Converter (I/O)
  • Joystick (I/O)
  • Buttons (I/O)
  • PCF8563 (RTC)
  • PCF8591 (AD/DA)
  • LSM303DLHC (I2C)
  • L3G4200D (SPI)
  • CP2102 (UART)
  • GPS (UART)
  • IRM (I/O)
  • DS18B20 (1-WIRE Thermometer)
  • LCD1602 (LCD I/Os)
  • BUZZER (PWM)

Details

  1. Connector for connection to Raspberry Pi
  2. 8 I/O interface for connecting modules such as 8-button, logic level converter, etc.
  3. SPI interface for modules such as AT45DBXX Data flash, L3G4200D Board, etc.
  4. I2C interface for I2C modules such as PCF8574, PCF8563, RTC Board, LSM303DLHC Board, etc.
  5. Interface for 16×2 LCD display
  6. Mini USB connector
  7. Power indicator LED
  8. 4 user LEDs
  9. 4 user buttons
  10. Battery port for RTC
  11. Crystal for RTC
  12. CP2102: USB to UART converter, for debugging
  13. CP2102 jumper
  14. RTC jumper
  15. User LED jumper
  16. User button jumper

Technical details

UART interface easily connects to modules such as RS232, RS485, USB to UART, etc
Trimmer for adjusting the contrast of the LCD1602 display
PCF8563 RTC

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