more information:

• 2 serial ports, incl. PC interface for downloads (RS232) and RS485
• Speaker and phono output
• Microphone with auto volume control
• Light sensor, PC-Mode switch + reset
• Temperature sensor: -40 ... +85°C
• 6 buttons, external 24-key keyboard
• Connector for Graphic-LCD up to 240 x 128 pixels
• I/O connectors with free Tiger I/O pins
• TINY-Tigerâ„¢ TCN-4/4
• Power supply, PC cable, sample appl.

The Discovery Board is a design example for the integration of different types of I/O channels on one compact board using the TINY-Tigerâ„¢. Depending on the application a TINY-Tigerâ„¢ with 544 kByte up to 2.5 MByte FLASH + SRAM is used. The Discovery Board has 5 mounting holes and is suited for wall and chassis assembly. In laboratory environment it can be equipped with rubber feet. Most remarkable feature is the clearly visible compact speaker, which also indicates a field of apllication: Speech and sound output. Fitting the integrated microphone. Speech and sounds be recorded as well as passed on through RS232 / RS485 for e.g. digital intercoms. Especially applications with sound / speech output resp. tasks with focus on good LCD graphics profit from the 2 MByte FLASH in the TCN-4/16 Tiger. Depending on sample rate, resolution and desired sound quality, ca. 100 ... 300 seconds of sound or speech can be recorded. Enough for many announcement systems or speaking reporting units. For projects with larger sound files the usage of SmartMedia FLASH cards suggests itself, which are available in sizes from 16 ... 128 MByte at the moment. Connection to the BASIC-Tigerâ„¢ is done with the SmartMedia Adapter. In graphical applications the memory requirement is usually not that high, so the internal FLASH mostly is sufficient. With under 4 KByte for a full picture 240 x 128 pixels, ca. 250 pictures fit into one MByte of memory. Added to that is the fast vector graphic of the BASIC-Tigerâ„¢ system. It allows the generation of pictures from vector data in realtime operation, so that only a bit of memory is used.

Additionally the board possesses the mentioned common I/O features, clock and SRAM with battery backup and light- and temperature sensors. With this the board is directly usable as small control- and measuring system, e.g. in house control and monitoring.