v. Is an experiment board kit with 32-bit PIC32MX250F128B microcontroller possible in the future?

QUESTION:

I like your PIC32MX250F128B to K8055N adapter. It is really light years in front of Velleman K8055N-x kits designs. Do you think that Velleman will ever produce a kit with the 32-bit PIC32MX250F128B microcontroller?

ANSWER:

This is hard to speculate… But suppose that Velleman would have realized the advantages of my PIC32MX250F128B design and that they would have offered PC USB Projets cooperation to produce a new "native" experiment board kit with PIC32MX250F128B.... It would have been light years better than the current K8055 and K8055N-x designs. It would have been as easy to build and it would have cost approximately the same to produce as existing K8055N-2 kits. The firmware is already available from PC USB Projects. Circuit schematic could have been easily refined from the PIC32MX250F128B adapter to K8055N experiment board and the experiment board existing circuit... But I'm afraid that many existing Velleman kits would not have sold anymore, if such a versatile kit would have been introduced…

However, PC USB Projects website is quickly progressing towards its ultimate goal to produce a cheap and affordable universal USB 2.0 experiment board that would be as versatile as Swiss army knife. It would not only serve as an intelligent interface, but would also measure and analyse signals… See Hot topics, Velleman experimentboards K8055 and K8055N upgrade projects and Custom Projects sections for more informations...