17/6/2008

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Alpha Micro Components, a leading international distributor of electronic components, has added Future Technology Devices (FTDI)’s V-Eval Development Board to its portfolio of products.

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.

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

The V-Eval Kit is supplied with the V-Eval development board, a 5V/1A universal plug top PSU (UK, US, European and Japanese versions available), a USB cable to connect to a host PC in programming/terminal emulation or debugging modes. The kit also includes a USB gender changer for USB slave mode applications.

Christos Papakyriacou, Managing Director, Alpha Micro Components comments: “Alpha Micro has worked with FTDI for over 12 years and the latest addition to the product range will strengthen our product offering to design engineers. We are so confident in FTDI’s devices we have incorporated them into out own OEM products and therefore our team of application engineers and technical sales staff have firsthand experience of each solution.”

For more information please visit: http://www.alphamicro.net/

About Alpha Micro Components www.alphamicro.net
Founded in 1995, Alpha Micro is a successful independent specialist franchised distributor focusing on the M2M market servicing the Telecoms, Datacoms, Security, Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) and Machine to Machine (M2M) sectors with components from world leading manufacturers, our franchised product lines include Lantronix, u-blox, Sagem, Meshnetics, Teridian Semiconductor and the company's own 'AMC' range - Alpha Micro has built an enviable reputation for product knowledge, customer service and innovation.
What really sets Alpha Micro apart from the competition is its design-based approach to distribution and it’s in depth knowledge of the products and the markets we serve. Our current line card brings you the finest wireless and communications products and to get you started our engineering team offers the best available technical support.

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