FTDI ChipVNCLO-MB1A

Vinco is a development module based on the FTDI Vinculum II, VNC2 dual USB host/slave IC. Vinco is designed as a prototyping platform for VNC2 based designs and applications. The mechanical form of the module, and the concept of providing free software development library and tools, is inspired by the Arduino concept. Vinco is a superset of the Duemilanove / Uno with 2 extra rows of headers providing an extra 10 pins.
The Vinco programming language utilises a subset of standard ANSII ‘C’ with FTDI supported, free of charge software development tools, libraries and reference designs for fast prototyping different modules including support for a variety of USB classes such as Mass Storage, Human Interface Devices (keyboards, mice), audio devices, video devices (webcam) and many more still under development.Vinco may also be used with many existing Arduino shields by porting the firmware to run on the VNC2IC.

• Microcontroller: VNC2-64Q
• Operating voltage: 5V
• Input power supply: 9V
• Digital I/O: 30
• Analogue I/O: 8
• USB port: 2 – configurable for host or device operation
• FLASH memory: 256kbytes
• RAM: 16kbytes
• Variable clock speeds: 12/24/48MHz
• Superset of the Arduino Duemilanove / Uno development boards.
• FTDI Integrated Development Environment (IDE) including code editor, compiler, assembler and debugger, which is supplied free of charge, and supports ANSII C coding for easy portability and maintainability.
• Precompiled drivers for a variety of interfaces e.g. USB, UART, SPI.
• Precompiled driver support for a wide range of USB host classes including Mass Storage, Human Interface Devices (keyboards, mice), audio devices, video devices (webcam) with many more under development.
• Precompiled driver support for a wide range of USB device classes including FTDI peripheral ICs, Human Interface Devices (keyboards, mice) with many more under developed.
• Compatible with existing Arduino shields.
• A software configuration wizard is currentlty under development.