The development board now has microbus sockets that support click prototypes

     MIKROE has announced that 500 development board integrated microbus sockets are now available from top semiconductor manufacturers. The microbus development socket standard allows the use of any companies 1600+ compact Click peripheral board on the development board, greatly reducing embedded development time and prototyping.

     Nebojsa Matic, CEO of mikrooe, commented: "Since the beginning of the year, we have welcomed 20 new development boards from different vendors, each incorporating the functionality of the mikroBUS standard. Today, more than 100 companies have integrated microbus sockets into their development boards. This growing community is a testament to the power of microbus in simplifying prototyping and facilitating compatibility with a wide range of features."

     The 500th board to be released is Microchip's PIC32CK GC Curiosity Ultra Development board, which started this journey by first adopting the microbus standard. Other notable recent releases include the CC-WMP157 development board from DIGI International; RM1261 DVK board from Laird Connectivity; NXP FRDM-MCXN947 development board; And the W65C02EDU development board (WDC65xx) of the Western Design Center. A full list of boards including microbus can be found here, including products from Infineon, NXP, Renesas, Silicon Labs, and u-blox.

     Clickboards allow designers to start working immediately without having to develop their own hardware. This can reduce development cycles by several months and save considerable money. Boards can be used for wireless connectivity, sensors, power management, interfaces, displays, motor drivers, HMI, and more.