V-Eval Development Board  - Develop and debug Vinculum Designs

The V-Eval Kit is a hardware platform that designers can use to develop embedded USB host systems based on FTDI’s VNC1L devices. Designs can be rapidly debugged using the "spy" mode of the supplied V-Eval software which displays the data sent between the VNC1L UART and a controller UART, for example a PIC.

V-Eval Development Board Key V-Eval features include:

• INBUILT VNC1L USB DEVICE PROGRAMMER/ TERMINAL EMULATOR/COMMAND MONITOR HARDWARE
• TWO VNC1L USB HOST/SLAVE PORTS
• GENEROUS PROTOTYPING AREA FOR STANDARD DIP AND SIL DEVICES
• MULTIPLE IO PORT CONNECTORS GROUPED BY PORT NAME AND/OR FUNCTION
• LEDS AND SWITCHES FOR USER INTERACTION
• PS/2 KEYBOARD AND MOUSE PORTS
• DOWNLOADABLE PROGRAMMING, TERMINAL EMULATION AND DEBUG MONITOR SOFTWARE
• DOWNLOADABLE HID CLASS EXAMPLE PROJECT (VNC1L CONTROLLED USB ROCKET LAUNCHER) INCLUDING PIC SOURCE CODE IN C

Resources and Documentation

Datasheet V-Eval Board Version 1.0   Revision: 1.0 Feb 2008 47 pages - 1.3 MB Firmware User Manual Vinculum firmware library documentation   Revision: 2.4 Mar 2008 73 pages - 785.6 KB Vinculum Firmware Customiser User Manual Vinculum firmware modification tool user manual   Revision: 1.0 Oct 2007 18 pages - 394.8 KB VEVAL Program for use with the V-Eval development board. Can be used as a terminal application, for reprogramming the VNC1L and for monitoring data sent to and from the VNC1L UART NOTE: the FT2232 device on the V-Eval board requires FTDI's CDM drivers   Feb 2008 263.1 KB V-Eval PIC HID Sample Sample code in C for PIC 16F688 to control a HID class device (USB rocket launcher) from a VNC1L. Requires SourceBoost C compiler. An application note is available to accompany this project.   Revision: 1 Feb 2008 9.7 KB V-Eval Missile Launcher Application Note Provides a description of the V-Eval missile launcher demo project   Revision: 1.0 Mar 2008 10 pages - 144.9 KB