Development kit targets industrial IoT

Developers working on the Internet of Things (IoT) are seeing an increasing number of platforms become available that provide both prototyping hardware and connected services in a package deal. But most of those seem to target hobbyist or consumer applications, and far fewer provide a simple path to production. Avnet is seeking to change the situation with its latest introduction - the MicroZed Industrial IoT starter kit.

By Richard Quinnell, EETimes, May. 30, 2016 – 

The kit builds on Avnet's existing MicroZed development module, which is based on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC. The SoC combines dual Arm Cortex-A9 processor cores with numerous programmable logic cells to provide both hardware and software programmability. The substantial resources available on the SoC make it suitable for high-end applications.

Building on the module, Avnet has created a carrier board for the MicroZed to plug into, which provides developers with an R3 Arduino-compatible expansion slot, two 2x6 peripheral module expansion slots, and a header for connection to the built-in UART, SPI, I2C, and GPIO interfaces. The carrier thus makes a range of off-the-shelf sensor and control resources available to developers. Avnet has partnered with STMicroelectronics and Maxim Integrated to include motion MEMS, environmental, and thermocouple sensor modules in the kit.

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