Overview

DVK512 is an expansion board designed for Raspberry Pi, integrates various components and interfaces for connecting external accessory boards. It's ideal for Raspberry Pi evaluation and development.

Supported Pi

• Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+
• Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+
• Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

What's on the DVK512

1. Pinheaders for connecting with the RPi
2. UART interface: easily connects to UART modules such as RS232, RS485, USB TO UART, etc.
3. 8I/Os interface: easily connects to modules controlled by I/Os, such as 8 Push Buttons, Logic Level Converter, Mix Board, etc.
4. SPI interface: easily connects to SPI modules such as AT45DBXX Dataflash, L3G4200D Board, etc.
5. I2C interface: easily connects to I2C modules such as PCF8574 Expansion Board, PCF8563 RTC Board, LSM303DLHC Board, etc.
6. Character LCD interface: for connecting character LCDs like LCD1602
7. USB connector: USB TO UART, supported by onboard converter CP2102
8. Power indicator
9. User LEDs
10. User Keys
11. Potentiometer: for LCD1602 contrast adjustment
12. RTC battery holder
13. PCF8563: onboard RTC chip
14. 32.768K crystal: RTC crystal
15. CP2102: onboard USB TO UART chip, for debugging
16. CP2102 jumper
17. RTC jumper
18. User LEDs jumper
19. User Keys jumper

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DVK512 Photos

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Development Resources

The User Guide CD includes development resources listed as follow:

• User manual
• Schematic (PDF)
• Examples in C (Linux API source code)
• Development documentations (Raspbian configuration, C library installation)
• Raspbian (the configured system image for RPi)

Examples in C:

• LED (I/Os)
• Logic Level Converter (I/Os)
• JOYSTICK (I/Os)
• Key (I/Os)
• BUZZER (PWM)
• DS18B20 (1-WIRE)
• IRM (I/Os)
• LCD1602 (I/Os)
• PCF8563 (RTC)
• PCF8591 (AD/DA)
• LSM303DLHC (I2C)
• L3G4200D (SPI)
• CP2102 (UART)
• GPS (UART)

Download: www.waveshare.com/wiki/DVK512