Raspberry Pi Expansion/Evaluation Board, features various interfaces
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
Pinheaders for connecting with the RPi
UART interface: easily connects to UART modules such as RS232, RS485, USB TO UART, etc.
8I/Os interface: easily connects to modules controlled by I/Os, such as 8 Push Buttons, Logic Level Converter, Mix Board, etc.
SPI interface: easily connects to SPI modules such as AT45DBXX Dataflash, L3G4200D Board, etc.
I2C interface: easily connects to I2C modules such as PCF8574 Expansion Board, PCF8563 RTC Board, LSM303DLHC Board, etc.
Character LCD interface: for connecting character LCDs like LCD1602
USB connector: USB TO UART, supported by onboard converter CP2102
Power indicator
User LEDs
User Keys
Potentiometer: for LCD1602 contrast adjustment
RTC battery holder
PCF8563: onboard RTC chip
32.768K crystal: RTC crystal
CP2102: onboard USB TO UART chip, for debugging
CP2102 jumper
RTC jumper
User LEDs jumper
User Keys jumper
For jumpers above:
short the jumper to connect to I/Os used in example code
open the jumper to connect to other custom pins via jumper wires
DVK512 Photos
DVK512 RPi expansion board
DVK512 RPi expansion board back view
DVK512 RPi expansion board
Connecting with LCD1602
Connecting with RPi A+
Connecting with RPi A+ and accessory boards
Connecting with RPi B+
Connecting with RPi B+ and accessory boards
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)