Reply by Robert_Teufel●September 3, 20082008-09-03
On Sep 2, 5:05 am, "solarwind" <x.solarwin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all, I need advice and help finding the right board for the job. I'm a
> student and need only need one board as it's for a hobby project.
>
> I need an embedded board that:
> * Is small (hopefully less than 70 x 70 mm). But anything that's less than
> a pocket calculator's form factor is fine.
> * Low power consuming.
> * Has an ARM 7 or better processor.
> * Can run QNX or Linux.
> * Easy to program. I want to be able to quickly and easily program/reflash
> the board.
> * Good I/O support.
> * Cheap. I'm on a budget and only need one board.
>
> A great example would be the gumstix but it is too expensive (and I don't
> need it to be that powerful, even a 50 MHz chip is fine for me, as long as
> it can run Linux or QNX).
>
> So if anyone knows of anything similar, I would appreciate your ideas.
Reply by Stefan Arentz●September 2, 20082008-09-02
"solarwind" <x.solarwind.x@gmail.com> writes:
> Hey all, I need advice and help finding the right board for the job. I'm a
> student and need only need one board as it's for a hobby project.
>
> I need an embedded board that:
> * Is small (hopefully less than 70 x 70 mm). But anything that's less than
> a pocket calculator's form factor is fine.
> * Low power consuming.
> * Has an ARM 7 or better processor.
> * Can run QNX or Linux.
> * Easy to program. I want to be able to quickly and easily program/reflash
> the board.
> * Good I/O support.
> * Cheap. I'm on a budget and only need one board.
>
> A great example would be the gumstix but it is too expensive (and I don't
> need it to be that powerful, even a 50 MHz chip is fine for me, as long as
> it can run Linux or QNX).
> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:05:32 -0500
> From: solarwind <x.solarwind.x@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded
> Subject: Cheap ARM Board?
>
> Hey all, I need advice and help finding the right board for the job. I'm a
> student and need only need one board as it's for a hobby project.
>
> I need an embedded board that:
> * Is small (hopefully less than 70 x 70 mm). But anything that's less than
> a pocket calculator's form factor is fine.
> * Low power consuming.
> * Has an ARM 7 or better processor.
> * Can run QNX or Linux.
> * Easy to program. I want to be able to quickly and easily program/reflash
> the board.
> * Good I/O support.
> * Cheap. I'm on a budget and only need one board.
>
> A great example would be the gumstix but it is too expensive (and I don't
> need it to be that powerful, even a 50 MHz chip is fine for me, as long as
> it can run Linux or QNX).
>
> So if anyone knows of anything similar, I would appreciate your ideas.
Perhaps a better bang for the buck might be an entire computer -- A
Nintendo DS runs DS-linux, plus a homebrew access card like an M3 Real
and you can access flash cards with a FAT file system, 2 screens, WiFi,
touch screen etc etc ... for the cost of a used DS on Ebay, and an M3
DS/Real + a 1GB or better SD card (micro?) ... cheap, easy and powerful.
3rd pary MEMS, IO and other interfaces exist as well ...
HTH,
Rob Sciuk
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Reply by solarwind●September 2, 20082008-09-02
Hey all, I need advice and help finding the right board for the job. I'm a
student and need only need one board as it's for a hobby project.
I need an embedded board that:
* Is small (hopefully less than 70 x 70 mm). But anything that's less than
a pocket calculator's form factor is fine.
* Low power consuming.
* Has an ARM 7 or better processor.
* Can run QNX or Linux.
* Easy to program. I want to be able to quickly and easily program/reflash
the board.
* Good I/O support.
* Cheap. I'm on a budget and only need one board.
A great example would be the gumstix but it is too expensive (and I don't
need it to be that powerful, even a 50 MHz chip is fine for me, as long as
it can run Linux or QNX).
So if anyone knows of anything similar, I would appreciate your ideas.