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Microchip releases PIC32 based Bluetooth development starter kit

Microchip introduces new PIC32 Bluetooth® Starter Kit to ease the development of Bluetooth enabled products such as thermostats, wireless gaming controllers, barcode scanners and diagnostic tools.

BLstarter

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the new PIC32 Bluetooth® Starter Kit.  The full-featured kit boasts a PIC32 microcontroller (MCU), HCI-based Bluetooth radio, Cree high-output multi-color LED, 3 standard single-color LEDs, an analog 3-axis accelerometer, analog temperature sensor and 5 push buttons for user-defined inputs.  Additionally, a PICkit™ On Board (PKOB) which eliminates the need for an external debugger/programmer, USB connectivity and GPIOs for rapid development of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), USB and general-purpose applications.  The starter kit also features a plug-in interface for an audio CODEC daughter card which is set to release at a later stage to support Bluetooth audio.

TPS61230 based 5V LiPo Booster

Jianan Li, a ECE and CS student at Duke University, has designed this 5V LiPo Booster based on TI’s TPS61230 IC. It is breadboard-friendly and it can be directly plugged into the power rails of breadboards of multiple sizes without blocking the vertical 5-pin strips. Jianan has posted the Eagle design files and BOM on Github.

5V Lipo booster

5V Lipo booster

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