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start with an existing PDA or netbook because of the multimedia.

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I have to build my own multimedia its a project LOL. I can’t just buy a multimedia device lol. So any more thoughts on which development kit i should use?

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start with the guts of a PDA that runs Windows Mobile. Linux if you can cope with the lack of device drivers.

8 bit micros of course aren’t up to the task. ARM7 - not a good platform for multimedia. ARM9, ARM11, yes.

Best: micro-ITX or pico-ITX that will run Windows Mobile or Linux. Or even an Intel ATOM board (I have one).

But there’s not a lot to develop going this route. It seems to me that if not a PDA or ITX/ATOM, you move from Earth to Pluto in terms of nearness to a multimedia sun. If you will.

If some prof assigned this, drop the class and find a competent prof.

LOL.

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Naaa… Bro, no prof assigned this, its a personnel endeavor. I am currently using arm9 processor to develop the VOIP and Video conferencing applications. But i wanted to use the ARM7 to understand how to develop using GSM/GPRS/GPS you know what i mean.

I am currently serving in the forces, trying to design and watching my ass from cockroaches at the same time if you know what i mean. lol.

like i have the board to develop the Multimedia applications its just i want to learn the gsm/gprs etc modules on another platform (same architecture) so i can understand better.

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The biggest thing you will get with the uberboard is the connectors to plug in the GSM Modem because there is not other breakout board that you can tie into a micro. The USB and Serial dev boards are the same price minus the micro.

The 2148 is a good processor… A little outdated, maybe even discontinued but it will get you where you want to go.

GCC / Eclipse / OpenOCD should be good enough for a dev environment.

If you can spring the extra $$, I would go for the NCU JLink Debugger package than the OpenOCD + JTag device. The jLink will do flash breakpoints, runs at a 12Mhz JTag clock and is much easier to initially configure. 12Mhz makes a huge diff when uploading code / debugging… The GDBServer makes it compatible with Eclipse…

http://www.segger.com/jlink_arm_ncu.html.

Is your multimedia platform a USB host… if so its fairly easy to implement USB on the 2148, there are Open Source USB stacks avail… if not then you are stuck with serial…

If you want to run a multitasker, look into tnkernel it runs well on the 2148…