If you are interested in using one of the S12ZVC mixed-signal MagniV microcontrollers in an application, you've had only two choices up until now: use an NXP demo board, or roll your own hardware design.
The first option provides a quick way to play with some hardware and write some software, but demo boards are not meant to be incorporated into products or OEM equipment, since their purpose is mainly to promote a new MCU rollout. Besides, quantity and longevity limitations may not suit your application's intended volume and intended life cycle.
The second option gives you full control of your design, but entails schematic capture, PCB layout, component-sourcing, SMT assembly, design validation, and hardware testing-- that's a lot of work and expense!
Now a third option is available: two families of OEM modules from Technological Arts have just been launched.
