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The Vinculo prototyping shield in it's package See the links for the drivers, guides and programming examples.
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If you make a USB slave device with this board, let's say for example some custom game controller, you'll need to use either the Virtual Com Port (VPC) driver or the D2XX direct USB access driver. You get examples for a 16x2 LCD interface, a graphical LCD interface and a Volt meter using an OLED screen. There's some firmware code examples on the FTDI chip page, with good documentation.
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Be sure to install also the patch for the 1.2.2 version.
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The development IDE can be downloaded for free from here. This seems to be a very common grief in the embedded world. Unfortunately, the toolchain is only for Windows. I don't think the Vinculum-II does any of that. The Arduino IDE actually goes so far that it completes the user code to be valid C++, with some extra header code. For Arduino users it should be no big challenge but still a bit more complex. The language used to program the Vinculum is a subset of ANSI C. I'll have to use some force when installing the shields. Here's the 8 ADC channels and Reset, 3V3, 5V, GND and Vin pins.Īlso the two-row headers were a bit crooked. I seem to have bad luck since my Duemilanoves look like this too.
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The pin headers in my Vinculo were all a bit crooked. MCP3008 8-channel 10-bit analog-to-digital converter datasheet Vinculum-II Embedded Dual-USB Host Controller IC datasheet 16 kilobytes of RAM (Arduino Duemilanove has 2 kbytes) 256 kilobytes of FLASH memory (Arduino Duemilanove has 32 kbytes) Variable clock speed: 12 / 24 / 48 MHz (Arduino Duemilanove is 16 MHz) 8 PWM outputs (Arduino Duemilanove has 6) 8 analog-to-digital converter inputs with 10 bit resolution (Arduino Duemilanove has 6 at same resolution) 30 digital input/output pins (Arduino Duemilanove has 14) Compatible with shields built by the Arduino community USB Mini-B connector for use in USB 2.0 slave applications USB Type A connector for use in USB 2.0 host applications 16-bit VNC2-64Q microcontroller (Arduino is 8-bit) Vinculo board and the programming & debugging module.Ī close-up of the USB slave/host ports and the 9V jack. Many feature & performance differences, more detail below. Due to the flexibility of the VNC2 chip, the signals can be rerouted to different pins You need also a 15€ USB programmer for the Vinculo (it's the small device on the right in the picture below) The USB ports on the Vinculo can not used for programming the microcontroller - they are used for connecting host or slave devices. Vinculo board with the programming header uncovered (the pins on the right).Ĭompared to Arduino, there are many differences: Of course, it's not nearly as user-friendly as the Arduino as a first platform. There are many features that set it apart from the Arduino, and it also beats Arduino in all the specs (see below). Vinculo could be called a USB-enabled Arduino, but that really doesn't do the board justice. FTDI seems to have realized the potential that comes when having a large hobbyist userbase. The board design has been copied from Arduino, and they even advertise it as Arduino-inspired and Arduino shield compatible. Vinculo is a 25€ development platform for the FTDI Vinculum II (VNC2) dual USB host/slave microcontroller. I just got hold of FTDI chip's new Vinculo developing platform, so here's a quick review for you!