Building on SONY's extensive experience of mobile phone technology, Spresense is a compact development board based on their power-efficient multi-core microcontroller CXD5602. It allows developers to create IoT applications in a very short time and is supported by the Arduino IDE as well as the more advanced NuttX based SDK.
The Spresense main board is equipped with a real-time clock, 8MB of Flash memory, GPS receiver and supports high-resolution audio codecs. The board allows for IoT versatility and can be developed for a vast range of uses, such as a drone utilizing the GPS and high-performance processor, a smart speaker utilizing high-resolution audio recording and playback as well as the built-in full-digital amplifier, or a low-power time-lapse camera utilizing the camera interface.
The main board interfaces with the extension board which provides audio and digital I/O as well as an analog input and access to the microSD card slot.
The Spresense extension board provides pin-compatibility with selected Arduino shields along with an SD card slot, a headphone jack and multiple microphone pins.
The Neon case is a rugged, self-assembly enclosure for the Sony Spresense main and extension boards. The case is made from 8 sheets of material that have been especially cut to support and protect the boards, while leaving the connectors easily accessible.
Main board specification:
- CPU: ARM® Cortex®-M4F x 6 cores
- Maximum clock frequency: 156MHz
- SRAM: 1.5MB
- Flash memory 8MB
- Digital input / output: GPIO, SPI, I2C, UART, I2S
- Analog input: 2-ch (0.7V range)
- GNSS: GPS(L1-C/A), QZSS(L1-C/A), GLONASS(L1), WAAS, QZSS(L1-S)
- Camera input: dedicated parallel interface
- Size: 50mm x 20.6mm
- Model name: CXD5602PWBMAIN1
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