low cost ARM development/learning board

     Hello;

     I own a PICDEM2+ (LCD display, temperature sensor, buttong,
     potentiometers, SMBUS interface (serial bus interface instead of
     a regular [parallel] bus), RS232 & JTAG interfaces, connections
     for battery or "wall wart" power and an electronics prototyping
     area).  The IDE software is pretty good for the price
     (low_cost/free), but I'm looking now at what an instructor or
     two wants.  The board is good, but they would prefer an
     ARM processor.

     I found a board manufactured by Texas Instruments that fits
     the bill, but the software comes from overseas and my employer
     won't buy it without an address within the borders of the Englis
     speaking world.  Are there other boards out there with some sort
     of ARM assembly language (or even 'C') capabilities?

     TIA (thanks in advance),

     2Penny (usually my 2 cents worth)

2Penny wrote:
>      speaking world.  Are there other boards out there with some sort
>      of ARM assembly language (or even 'C') capabilities?

If you are looking for low cost solutions, you will be using the GNU
toolchain. This gives you assembly, C, C++ and other languages [though
using the others is a relatively untraveled road].

I recommend the Philips and Atmel ARM-based products from Olimex as the
lowest cost entry path. Although not strictly speaking "within the
English speaking world" (they are in Bulgaria) Olimex is a reputable
vendor and many people here would put in a good word for their
products.