What is SiBRAIN?
The SiBRAIN is mainboard socket and add-on board standard used for interfacing microcontrollers or microprocessors with development boards, programmers and peripheral modules.
The SiBRAIN standard defines both socket and add-on board, which facilitates extremely simple installation and replacement of a microcontroller (MCU) or processor on a development board.
Absolute compatibility between the development board and any of the supported MCUs and processors, regardless of their pin number and architecture.
To have a universal standard for MCU and processor add-on boards, saving months of wasted development time and money, and delivering enormous design flexibility and scalability.
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The SiBRAIN is mainboard socket and add-on board standard used for interfacing microcontrollers or microprocessors with development boards, programmers and peripheral modules.
SiBRAIN add-on boards require a compatible SiBRAIN socket. A universal socket enables easy development of applications with a great number of various SiBRAIN boards, each one carrying a different microcontroller or microprocessor with various possibilities and connectivity such as CAN, Ethernet, etc…
By sharing the same connection interface, all SiBRAIN add-on boards are compatible with any system board carrying SiBRAIN socket. Same SiBRAIN add-on board can be used on UNI-DSv8 , UNI Clicker, or mikromedia 7” boards with SIBRAIN socket.
SiBRAIN add-on boards include a microcontroller, or microprocessor, a pair of 168 pins highspeed connectors with a proprietary pin configuration compatible with the SiBRAIN socket, and optionally a CAN transceiver and Ethernet PHY IC.
Yes, you are allowed to design and manufacture SiBRAIN compatible add-on boards. You are not allowed to name them nor relate to them as SiBRAIN cards or SiBRAIN in any way.
The SiBRAIN standard defines the physical layout, as well as communication and power supply pins used, the size and shape of SiBRAIN add-on boards and the conventions for silkscreen marking.
You can easily connect any compatible SiBRAIN add-on board: MIKROE offers the largest number SiBRAIN MCU cards.
MIKROE provides consultation and advice on implementing SiBRAIN socket designs in order to achieve full compatibility with add-on boards. Feel free to contact us anytime.
In SiBRAIN standard are supported 3.3 and 5V power and logic line voltages. These two voltages are determined by the main controller used on the add-on SiBRAIN card.
You are allowed to add the SiBRAIN-compatible add-on board logo to your board if you have followed all the guidelines and specifications in the SiBRAIN specification document.
The SiBRAIN standard/pinout/specification cannot be modified without prior written approval by MIKROE.
SiBRAIN add-on boards size is standardized and fixed. Dimensions of SiBRAIN add-on boards is 60.96x60.96mm (2400x2400mils). Distance between centers of connectors on the SiBRAIN add-on board is 50.927mm (2005mils).
You do not need any approval or a license from MIKROE to use MIKROE's SiBRAIN products in a commercial or non-commercial products as long as you follow up specification guidelines.
The SiBRAIN standard pinout consists of 9 different groups of signal, and power pins, such as: PORT pins, Display pins, mikroBUS pins, USB-UART pins, USB device/host pins, Ethernet pins, CAN pins, Analog pins, and additional GPIO pins.
Created by MIKROE, SiBRAIN is an open standard - anyone can implement SiBRAIN in their hardware design, as long as the requirements are met that as set forth in this document which covers SiBRAIN add-on boards, socket standard and design guidelines.