Recommend a development board please?

Dear all,

I'd like to learn embedded system development for wireless multimedia
application. What development board is better? I am a student and need
cheap and easy to use one.

Thanks,

> I'd like to learn embedded system development for wireless multimedia
> application. What development board is better? I am a student and need

A laptop or PDA. Nothing else will be in your budget.

-- 
 -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/)
Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20

Can you talk about it in details?

Thanks

Lewin Edwards <larwe@larwe.com> wrote in message news:<WVRSc.14486$nx2.4415@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> > I'd like to learn embedded system development for wireless multimedia
> > application. What development board is better? I am a student and need
> 
> A laptop or PDA. Nothing else will be in your budget.

> Lewin Edwards <larwe@larwe.com> wrote in message
> news:<WVRSc.14486$nx2.4415@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> > > I'd like to learn embedded system development for wireless multimedia
> > > application. What development board is better? I am a student and need
> > 
> > A laptop or PDA. Nothing else will be in your budget.

Lee irritatingly top-posted:

> Can you talk about it in details?

Sure. Here are the details:

1. EVBs for the processors and LCDs and WLAN chips are very expensive.
It's quite possible you could spend tens of thousands of dollars.
Certainly $6,000 is a good starting budget.

2. Information specific to one evaluation kit is often totally
irrelevant to a different kit.

3. Consumer equipment is cheap and standardized.

Ergo, the only options you should consider are consumer-priced articles,
which basically narrows it down to laptops or PDAs.

-- 
 -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/)
Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20

Hi,

How can I learn embedded system design by using Laptop or PDA only?Can
you give me some hints?

Thanks,

BTW, I plan to order the book writen by you. Is it helpful for a
newbie?

Hi,

> How can I learn embedded system design by using Laptop or PDA only?Can
> you give me some hints?
> BTW, I plan to order the book writen by you. Is it helpful for a
> newbie?

My book _might_ be helpful but for your particular case I think your
goals are too fuzzy for me to recommend it.

If you want to learn the hardware design of "wireless multimedia
applications", then this is really outside a student budget. The
algorithms can, however, easily be tested using a laptop or PDA running
Linux. I can't give you a simple one-paragraph on-ramp because it's not
possible. You need to quantify your goals and then decide what skills
you'll need in order to meet those goals.

-- 
 -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/)
Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20