This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the Expansion Boards, Daughter Cards category on DigiKey.com
Evaluation and expansion boards and daughter cards are used to add functionality to microcontroller platforms and are designed to stack onto existing pin headers or preconfigured attachment ports. Common function types include, amplifiers, atomizers, audio, clock timing, interface connectivity, data acquisition/logging, display, human interface, memory, motor drivers, optoelectronics, power management, prototyping, relay and transistors, RF and sensor arrays.
SelectionCharacteristics
Platform: Indicates a standardized set of products, hardware form factor, and/or interconnect specification with which a product is intended for use or intended to be compatible.
Type: Defines the broad overall functionality the device is designed to introduce or enhance in the host system it’s integrated into.
Function: Provides further detail on the specific functionality the device is designed to introduce or enhance in the host system it’s integrated into.
Utilized IC / Part: Indicates the central integrated circuit the device is designed around.
Contents: Indicates items included with purchase.
ProductExamples
| MFR PART # | 1438 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 1528-1187-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Adafruit Industries LLC |
| DESCRIPTION | TB6612FNG Motor Controller/Driver Power Management Arduino Platform Evaluation Expansion Board |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | MIKROE-1032 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 1471-1009-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | MikroElektronika |
| DESCRIPTION | LEA-6S GPS RF mikroBUS™ Click™ Platform Evaluation Expansion Board |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | 114990838 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 1597-1427-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Seeed Technology Co., Ltd |
| DESCRIPTION | OV5647 Camera Sensor Raspberry Pi Platform Evaluation Expansion Board |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | SEN0211 |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 1738-1194-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | DFRobot |
| DESCRIPTION | Current Sensor Gravity Platform Evaluation Expansion Board |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
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