VM-1 Embedded Controller

Programmed in Venom-SC, the VM-1 can handle

• Analogue and Digital I/O
• Graphical User Interfaces
• TCP/IP Internet protocols
• Data and Text files
• More capabilities...

Starter Kit: have your own code running within twenty minutes of opening the box.

VM-1 has lots of I/O on board and an enormous potential for expansion.

• 2 Serial Ports up to 38,400bd Async; 250Kbd Synch
• 1 Serial Port up to 9,600bd Async
• 2 I2C bus (Master only)
• 1 SPI Bus
• 1 Dallas 1-Wire Bus
• 10 Pulse I/0 Channels (6 PWM..., 4 Pulse counting)
• 2 Quadrature shaft encoders (4 inputs)
• 8 Analogue inputs (10-bit)
• 2 Analogue outputs (8-bit)
• 42 Digital I/0
• System bus for Ethernet, Graphic LCD, etc

VM-1 is has a modern, powerful microcontroller at its heart.

• 16-bit Hitachi H8S processor running at 16MHz
• 128K or 512K RAM, battery backed
• (PLCC socket for) 512K flash containing both Venom-SC and the user application
• 512K Extended application flash (VM-1e only)

Other onboard resources

• (DIL socket for) PCF8583 Real Time Clock Calendar; alarm signal available
• Watchdog / Supervisor IC
• Indicator LED
• Program mode switch
• Baud rate / User switch

The VM-1 plugs into the main PCB of your application to control all your user interface and I/O devices.

If you don't want to develop your own application PCB we supply a range of standard Application Boards and matching I/O cards.

The Application Boards provide plug-in access to serial ports; analogue, digital and pulse IO; keyboard and display interfaces, including both graphic and alphanumeric LCDs; I2C and SPI busses; EEPROM, etc.

The VM-1 can communicate with other computers over the Internet or Local Area Networks (LANs). The Venom-SC language has TCP/IP networking protocols buit into it, and has drivers for the Ethernet Module and modems.