IoT Evaluation Environment
Customized Prototyping as Easy as Plug & Play
If everything in this increasingly digitalized world is supposed to get easier and faster, why should then the same not also apply to prototyping? Now that "smart" is taking our homes and work places by storm, IoT applications multiply as one speaks. And as a matter of fact more variety leads to more complexity. But no longer for development and evaluation environments. With Infineon's Shield2Go boards and the My IoT adapter prototyping becomes as easy as plug & play. Why this concept reduces your time to market, maximizes flexibility, and leaves you with lower cost? The right combination of hardware from Infineon and software for Arduino makes the difference. Continue reading to gain an all-embracing insight into the new customized prototyping.
Plug & Play Prototyping – The concept (Shortens the Time to Market for Those with Limited Resources)
Particularly for the start-up designer community with limited resources facing the challenge of having to compete with industry giants Infineon's new prototyping concept will be game-changing. The formula is simple as it builds on the plug&play-approach: the boards are reusable, flexibly combinable, and hence allow for a fast and efficient set-up of the demonstration and evaluation environment. All that is needed: a hard- and software package composed of Infineon's Shield2Go boards and the My IoT adapter complemented by software for Arduino.
Now designers can accelerate the development of their own customized system solutions by selecting and combining Shield2Go boards in multiple ways based on their needs and use cases. The Shield2Go boards are equipped with a particular type of featured Infineon components. They provide a standardized form factor and pin layout for fast orientation. In addition, the boards have solderless connectors which allow designers to stack the boards instead of soldering. A dedicated ready-to-use, free of charge Arduino library for each Shield2Go offers the software necessary to fully evaluate the intended designs and functionalities.
My IoT adapter boards enable designers to combine the Shield2Go boards into a system and to easily connect to external systems.
Needless to say, this compound of flexible hardware components and accompanying software speeds up the prototyping process. Turning back to the beginning, faster prototyping results in faster time to market, what eventually translates into your competitive advantage. Team-up with Infineon now!
Modularity – The Essence of Fast, Flexible, Easy Prototyping (Systems Consisting of Reusable, Flexibly Combinable Hardware Blocks)
Probably all of us remember playing with toy building bricks. Small colorful building blocks flexibly combinable, making it easy and fast to come up with ever new constructs. Each of them reusable as often as new ideas pop up in one's mind. Exactly this is what we at Infineon intended to achieve with our modular prototyping concept.
Hardware
The hardware consists of so called Shield2Go boards which form the reusable building blocks. They vary based on the Infineon product they are equipped with. Currently available are those with a security or a sensor component. Also on offer is a 2Go kit featuring a microcontroller. Fast orientation is the result of the standardized form factor and pin layout. Designers can stack the boards instead of soldering them thanks to the solderless connectors used.
In order to enable you to develop your own IoT systems by combining Shield2Go boards Infineon introduces its My IoT adapter. Combined with other boards (i.e. external hardware solutions like the popular IoT hardware platforms, Arduino and Raspberry Pi) it provides connectivity. All Shield2Go boards share a common pin out design, i.e. pins are hard coded to specific functions like SPI or I2C. This enables a generic PCB evaluation board design for Infineon's Shield2Go portfolio.
Software
Even the best hardware cannot come to life without proper software. Each IoT application so to speak needs a brain turning instructions given into actions expected. To keep it as simple as possible, Infineon uses Arduino, the open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. For each of Infineon's Shield2Go boards exists a dedicated ready-to-use, free software library for Arduino. Just a few clicks to install the library in the Arduino IDE separate you from assigning the respective library to your project.
Every Shield2Go is directly compatible with Infineon's XMC™ 2Go evaluation board. Hence, the recommended quick start is to use an XMC™ 2Go for evaluation. After installing the XMC-for-Arduino the named evaluation board can instantly be used by plugging the Shield2Go board onto it. As shown in below example where the DPS310 Pressure Shield2Go is being plugged onto the XMC™ 2Go:
Key Features & Benefits of Infineon’s New Prototyping Concept (Systems Consisting of Reusable, Flexibly Combinable Hardware Blocks)
With its semiconductors Infineon is a major contributor to sustainable and stable IoT environments. However, we know that providing solutions for advanced sensing capabilities (incl. data collection through sensors), control and processing (microcontrollers), security, and efficient power management does not yet effectively create the IoT applications of the future. That is where you come in with your ideas, creativity and motivation to turn the world into an ever smarter place.
Besides delivering our state-of-the-art products, there is more that we can do for you. We identified a way to change prototyping from a resource intensive burden into an easy-to-accomplish task resulting in a unique evaluation experience.
Key Features:
- Standardized form factor and pin layout for fast orientation
- Solderless connectors -> stack the boards instead of soldering them
- Dedicated ready-to-use, free software library for Arduino available for each Shield2Go
- Quick and efficient setup of the demonstration environment
- Modularity principle
- Flexibility in combining the boards
- Board reusability
- Easy connection to external systems
- High degree of customization
Key Benefits:
- Faster prototyping -> faster time to market
- Less resource intensive than standard prototyping -> favorable for start-up design community
- Customized prototyping
- Easy to connect to external systems
- Flexible use due to modular approach
- Cost savings - working with Arduino as open-source electronics platform; boards are available at a highly attractive price
Products, Boards, Kits (Develop, Demonstrate, Evaluate in an Easily and Efficiently Set-up Environment)
At Infineon, our mission is to help you transition your idea to a fully functional solution as quickly and effortlessly as possible. One of those contributions making your life easier are the boards listed below. Flexibly combinable into systems, they form the key ingredients for an easy and efficient set-up of your development, demonstration, evaluation environment. High degree of customization, time savings and cost-effectiveness - ideal conditions to turn your ideas into those valuable IoT applications the world is waiting for.
Infineon’s Shield2Go boards – equipped with security or sensor components
SECURITY – Shield2Go boards based on Infineon’s trusted security solutions
OPTIGA™ Trust E Security Shield2Go
Infineon product: OPTIGA™ Trust E SLS 32AIA
Board OPN: S2GOSECURITYOPTIGAETOBO1
Description: OPTIGA™ Trust E is a high-security solution. The turnkey set-up with full system integration and all preprogrammed key material aims to minimize your efforts in order to maintain a fast and easy integration. The high-end security controller comes with OS, embedded application and complete host side integration support.
Target applications: device authentication, embedded systems networked over the IoT, industrial control and automation, medical devices, consumer electronics, smart home, PKI networks
OPTIGA™ Trust X Security Shield2Go
Infineon product: OPTIGA™ Trust X SLS 32AIA
Board OPN: S2GOSECURITYOPTIGAXTOBO1
Description: OPTIGA™ Trust X covers a broad range of use cases necessary to protect the authenticity, integrity and confidentiality in your device: mutual authentication, secured communication, data store protection, life-cycle management, secured updates, and platform integrity protection. The turnkey set-up with full system integration and all preprogrammed key materials reduces your efforts in design, integration and deployment of high-end security to a minimum.
Target applications: embedded systems networked over the IoT, industrial control and automation, medical devices, consumer electronics, smart home, PKI networks
SENSORS – Shield2Go boards based on advanced sensing capabilities
IM69D130 Microphone Shield2Go
Infineon product: XENSIV™ MEMS microphone IM69D130
Board OPN: S2GOMEMSMICIM69DTOBO1
Description: The boards are equipped with two high-performance digital MEMS Microphone IM69D130 in stereo mode configuration and come with a ready-to-use software library for Arduino. With the IM69D130 Shield2Go users benefit from studio-like microphone and recording quality. The microphones come with dynamic range of 105dB where sensitivity (±1dB) and phase (±2° @1kHz) are matched. Other features are: flat frequency response with low-frequency roll-off at 28Hz, very fast analog to digital conversion speed (6µs latency @1kHz), power optimized modes determined by PDM clock frequency, and omnidirectional pickup pattern; The board offers PDM and I2S output configuration.
Target applications: voice user interface (VUI) for smart speakers, home automation and IoT devices, active noise cancellation (ANC) headphones and earphones, high-quality audio capturing for cameras, camcorders, and conference systems, audio pattern detection for industrial or home monitoring
TLV493D 3DSense Shield2Go
Infineon product: XENSIV™ magnetic position sensor TLV493D-A1B6
Board OPN: S2GO3DSENSETLV493DTOBO1
Description: Infineon's 3D magnetic sensor, the TLV493D-A1B6, offers accurate three-dimensional sensing with extremely low power consumption. Within its small 6-pin package the sensor provides direct measurement of the x, y and z magnetic field components, making it ideally suited for the measurement of 3D movement, linear travel and 360° angle rotation.
Target applications: joystick e.g. finger, thumb and gaming paddles, e-meters e.g. anti-tampering, control elements e.g. white goods, multifunction knob
DPS310 Pressure Shield2Go
Infineon product: XENSIV™ pressure sensor DPS310
Board OPN: S2GOPRESSUREDPS310TOBO1
Description: The DPS310 is a miniaturized digital barometric air pressure sensor with a high accuracy and a low current consumption, capable of measuring both pressure and temperature. The pressure sensor element is based on a capacitive sensing principle which guarantees high precision during temperature changes. The small package makes the DPS310 ideal for mobile applications and wearable devices.
Target applications: smart home, wearables (sport and fitness tracking), drones, indoor and outdoor navigation, accurate altitude metering, weather forecast and storm warning, IoT applications, HDDs
TLI4970 Current Sense Shield2Go
Infineon product: XENSIV™ magnetic current sensor TLI4970-D050T4
Board OPN: S2GOCURSENSETLI4970TOBO1
Description: TLI4970 is a high-precision coreless magnetic current sensor based on Infineon´s proven Hall technology. The coreless concept significantly reduces footprint compared with existing solutions. It's an easy-to-use, fully digital solution that does not require external calibration or additional parts such as A/D converters, 0 pA (picoampere) or reference voltage.
Target applications: photovoltaic and general purpose inverters, power supplies (SMPS), battery chargers, lighting applications, electrical drives
Microcontroller - Ready-to-use Evaluation Kit
MICROCONTROLLER – Cross-application control
XMC™ 2Go kit
Infineon product: XMC1100 (ARM® Cortex™-M0 based)
Board OPN: KITXMC2GOXMC1100V1TOBO1
Description: The XMC™ 2Go kit with XMC1100 is likely to be the world's smallest, fully featured microcontroller evaluation kit showcasing the XMC1100 (ARM® Cortex™-M0 based). It does also include an on-board J-Link LITE debugger (realized with XMC4200 microcontroller), a power over USB (micro USB), ESD and reverse current protection, two user LEDs, a pin header (2x8 pin) suitable for breadboard.
- Software generation platform: DAVE™ Download
- DAVE™ application list: Available DAVE™ APPs
Target application: industrial
Infineon’s Solution for Connecting your Choice of Shield2Go Boards
My IoT adapter – Connectivity when being combined with external hardware
My IoT adapter board (to be used with Arduino Uno)
Board OPN: MYIOTADAPTERTOBO1
Description: The My IoT adapter enables the easy combination of different Infineon Shield2Go boards for fast evaluation and development of IoT systems and devices, as well as quick prototyping. When combined with external hardware solutions like the popular IoT hardware platform, Arduino Uno, it ensures connectivity.
All Shield2Go boards share a common pin out design, i.e. pins are hard coded to specific functions like SPI or I2C. This enables a generic PCB evaluation board design for Infineon's portfolio of Shield2Go boards.
Target applications: embedded systems networked over the IoT, industrial control and automation, consumer electronics, smart home, PKI networks
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