VORAGO Technologies offers HT-DAB-1 a microcontroller-based (MCU-based), high temperature data acquisition system that employs a 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M0 processor. HT-DAB-1 is suitable for rapid prototyping or as a reference design, specified for 200C operation. The HT-DAB-1 was specifically developed for applications within the Oil & Gas market.

This evaluation board consists of a PCB and Board Support Package with the following features:

• All components and PCB rated and tested for 200C operation
• PCB aspect ratio suitable for downhole vessels
• PCB dimensions – 1.0” x 11.5”
• Micro D 15-S and D 21-S connectors
• Three AD7981 16-bit, 600 ksps ADCs (one of the ADCs is multiplexed with eight input channels)
• ADG798 multiplexer and ADR225 voltage reference
• TTL UART communications
• Boot flash, system clock and power supplies
• IDC header connector to facilitate easy probing
• JTAG debug connector for MCU firmware programming

The MCU included in the design is characterized by:

• Manufactured with HARDSIL® technology
• Clock rate up to 50MHz
• 32KB on-chip data SRAM
• 128KB on-chip program memory SRAM
• 24 general purpose counter / timers
• 56 Dedicated general purpose I/O (GPIO) pins
• 2 x UARTs
• 3 SPIs (two master / slave, one master only)
• 2 x I2Cs

The kit includes the following software:

• Board Support Package (BSP) and Viewer software source code available
• VA10800 supported by Keil™ MDK-ARM microcontroller software kit, IAR Systems Embedded Workbench, iSYSTEM winIDEA.
• Firmware built upon FreeRTOS operating system for simple incorporation of tasks