Anders Introduces DRAGONEYE Arm® Cortex®-M4 core-based Microcontroller development kit that accelerates product development by 6 months

February 9, 2024 WNIElectronics

Navigating the intricate landscape of hardware and software development with high performance graphical capabilities can be an expensive and time-consuming endeavour.

Anders has expanded their embedded capabilities with the launch of DRAGONEYE, a groundbreaking Microcontroller development platform based on the STM32F4 series CPU. It’s first iteration is paired with a rotary encoder display, with others to follow. It promises to be a game-changer for engineers and product developers worldwide, by providing a pre-developed Hardware/Software combination that is easy to integrate within your system to enhance the User Experience interaction of the final application.

It not only allows idea validation with a quick proof of concept, but also allows development of software for a final prototype, saving up to 6 months’ worth of time and financial resource in hardware development and driver integration.

The DRAGONEYE Advantage

DRAGONEYE is powered by the exceptional ARM Cortex M4 core from ST Microelectronics, setting it apart as a powerhouse for rapid development, testing and evaluation of display performance, GUI designs, software control, I/O communication ports, and more. This platform has pre-developed drivers for an expanding range of circular displays, input encoders and touch sensors which will save significant engineering time and effort in development and debugging. DRAGONEYE not only delivers a rapid proof of concept but accelerates the overall product prototype development.

Design to Delivery

The DRAGONEYE platform is designed with versatility in mind to accelerate your product development cycle. Anders can easily customise DRAGONEYE by re-purposing the industrial grade hardware, the software, or the mechanical features for production reality, and provide a complete sub-assembly for mass production and long-term continuity of supply. Whether you need a specific display size or shape for your application or are considering a different STM32-MCU configuration, the Anders engineering team can design a platform to get your concept to production in super-quick time.

DRAGONEYE Features:

High-performance: STM32F4 series MCU featuring MIPI-DSI and RGB interface.
Expanded memory options: 16MB SDRAM and Flash for peace of mind UI/UX development.
Extensive host connectivity: UART, SPI, CAN bus, I2C, GPIOs to directly drive host co-processor or sensors/actuators.
Expansion connectivity: Including UART, I2C, GPIOs, Wi-Fi/BT for total standalone applications.
High contrast display: 480 x 480 (or 240 x 240) IPS-TFT LCD.
User input interaction: Rotary Encoder or Capacitive Touchscreen options
GUI rendering: Built-in display driver IC

What’s Included in the DRAGONEYE Kit?

The ready-to-run Microcontroller Development Kit includes everything necessary for success and is available to order now:

DRAGONEYE Microcontroller development platform with access to STM’s trusted ‘cube’ suite of software tools including the TouchGFX GUI editor.
Pre-integrated hardware with 2.1” Rotary Encoder LCD (1.3” rotary encoder or 2.1″ circular capacitive touchscreen display options available soon).
Pre-developed software driver package (BSP).