> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, a_edwards wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:23:03 -0500
> > From: a_edwards <eecod...@hotmail.com>
> > Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded
> > Subject: beginning arm
>
> > hi
>
> > i would like to purchase an arm dev. board to learn arm architecture and=
> > assembler and to improve my career prospects. =A0I have previous 8 bit a=
vr
> > experience. =A0It seems that there are many suppliers and variants avail=
able
> > from uk suppliers, atmel,nxp,farnell,etc.
>
> > can someone recommend a good general board that has many users and
> > projects available thru the web and will give me more skills that are in=
> > industry demand. Price up to $300.
>
> > thanks
> > Andrew
>
> I'm not sure that this will meet your needs, but I just obtained a
> Nintendo DS, with a 3rd party memory expansion and micro-sd card
> interface, and put DS-Linux on it. =A0There is also a C based library for
> native support of practially all the peripherals (libNDS), should you want=
> to code to the bare iron without OS:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ARM 9
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ARM 7
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 2 LCD's (1 touch screen)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 802.11
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 2Gb SD card.
>
> About $130.00 CDN at WalMart for a brand new NDS, and another 60.00 at
> electrobee.com for the expansion card(s) ... Just over 1/2 your budget,
> with a portable form factor. =A0I'd say if you wanted to learn ARM, this i=
s
> not a bad way to start. =A0Lots of online info for programming as well.
>
> HTH,
> Rob Sciuk
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The Embedded Artists Quickstart LPC21xx modules and prototyping board
are very good value. You will need a JTAG interface, my DIY one is
described in the LPC2000 Yahoo group files section and can be built
very cheaply. The LPC2000 group is very good, I run it. 8-)
Leon
Reply by ●March 15, 20082008-03-15
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, a_edwards wrote:
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:23:03 -0500
> From: a_edwards <eecoding@hotmail.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded
> Subject: beginning arm
>
> hi
>
> i would like to purchase an arm dev. board to learn arm architecture and
> assembler and to improve my career prospects. I have previous 8 bit avr
> experience. It seems that there are many suppliers and variants available
> from uk suppliers, atmel,nxp,farnell,etc.
>
> can someone recommend a good general board that has many users and
> projects available thru the web and will give me more skills that are in
> industry demand. Price up to $300.
>
> thanks
> Andrew
I'm not sure that this will meet your needs, but I just obtained a
Nintendo DS, with a 3rd party memory expansion and micro-sd card
interface, and put DS-Linux on it. There is also a C based library for
native support of practially all the peripherals (libNDS), should you want
to code to the bare iron without OS:
ARM 9
ARM 7
2 LCD's (1 touch screen)
802.11
2Gb SD card.
About $130.00 CDN at WalMart for a brand new NDS, and another 60.00 at
electrobee.com for the expansion card(s) ... Just over 1/2 your budget,
with a portable form factor. I'd say if you wanted to learn ARM, this is
not a bad way to start. Lots of online info for programming as well.
HTH,
Rob Sciuk
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Reply by Scott in SoCal●March 14, 20082008-03-14
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:26:00 -0700 (PDT), Mike Silva
<snarflemike@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Mar 14, 5:23�am, "a_edwards" <eecod...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> hi
>>
>> i would like to purchase an arm dev. board to learn arm architecture and
>> assembler and to improve my career prospects. �I have previous 8 bit avr
>> experience. �It seems that there are many suppliers and variants available
>> from uk suppliers, atmel,nxp,farnell,etc.
>>
>> can someone recommend a good general board that has many users and
>> projects available thru the web and will give me more skills that are in
>> industry demand. Price up to $300.
>
>A lot of people seem to use Olimex boards, FWIW.
I'm one of them. The Olimex board for the TMS470 was only $91, whereas
the IAR KickStart kit was $500. The only problem is the Olimex board
is just the board, whereas the KickStart kits come with a J-Link JTAG
USB debugger box and a code-size-limited version of the IAR Embedded
Workbench. Since I already had the compiler and the J-Link, the Olimex
board was all I needed.
Reply by Mike Silva●March 14, 20082008-03-14
On Mar 14, 5:23=A0am, "a_edwards" <eecod...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> hi
>
> i would like to purchase an arm dev. board to learn arm architecture and
> assembler and to improve my career prospects. =A0I have previous 8 bit avr=
> experience. =A0It seems that there are many suppliers and variants availab=
le
> from uk suppliers, atmel,nxp,farnell,etc.
>
> can someone recommend a good general board that has many users and
> projects available thru the web and will give me more skills that are in
> industry demand. Price up to $300.
A lot of people seem to use Olimex boards, FWIW.
Reply by a_edwards●March 14, 20082008-03-14
hi
i would like to purchase an arm dev. board to learn arm architecture and
assembler and to improve my career prospects. I have previous 8 bit avr
experience. It seems that there are many suppliers and variants available
from uk suppliers, atmel,nxp,farnell,etc.
can someone recommend a good general board that has many users and
projects available thru the web and will give me more skills that are in
industry demand. Price up to $300.
thanks
Andrew