Currently, SiBRAIN boards are available to support MCUs from leading manufacturers such as Microchip, STMicroelectronics, NXP, and Texas Instruments, with others to follow soon.
Nebojsa Matic, CEO of MIKROE, commented: “Because there is no universal standardization, for each different microcontroller there is a specific set of operating instructions, new tools to learn, new boards and licenses to purchase, and new processes to adopt. The SiBRAIN board and socket standard is a game-changer, saving months of development time and money and providing enormous design flexibility.”
SiBRAIN uses the same "plug & play" concept as MIKROE's Click board range. Depending on the MCU type, its pin count, and the number of external components required, different SiBRAIN add-on boards are available. Each board is a self-contained unit, allowing the development system to operate at a logical level without having to provide the specific requirements of many different MCUs. This gives designers the freedom to choose the MCU regardless of the pin count or pin compatibility. Importantly, this approach allows designers to easily swap SiBRAIN MCU boards during the development phase without the need for additional hardware.
Each SiBRAIN board is equipped with two high-speed 168-pin mezzanine connectors (one male and one female) with the standard SiBRAIN socket pinout. The boards can be easily installed on any development board with a SiBRAIN socket, and the intelligent design eliminates the possibility of incorrect orientation and placement. MIKROE already offers over 100 SiBRAIN boards covering popular MCUs such as STM32, PIC32, TIVA, MSP432, Kinetis and many more, with new boards added weekly.
