Why should I use an Arcturus kit over a regular eval board?
Module based development kits are quite different from a semiconductor Eval boards which are typically large and cumbersome. Semiconductor vendors design these boards to give developers maximum access to every aspect of their particular semiconductor device. This is helpful during the device familiarization and software development process; however, as a developer you will still need to design your own hardware, port software and potentially an operating system, then port the whole mess across onto your protoype hardware, which may or may not work correctly. Arcturus uCdimms are designed to simplify this whole process, making it easier and faster to develop product. By using a module, developers work directly with end hardware, already equipped with an extensible OS, tools for cross-compiling and a bootloader to initialize and manage the flash. Other than application software, the only designing required is a final host board suited to the needs of the development, a reference design a
