Starter ARM Dev Board?

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OK, I have been a PIC guy for years and I want to make the jump into the world of ARMs and I think the best way is to get a dev board. But which way should I go? I have only really looked at the LPC2138. I am really confused on which ARM is the way to go. So far, I have seen that there are several ARM variants, made by several companies. It looks like the Phillips LPC series has a pretty good following.

Any suggestions? I am try to stay with a $100 or less dev board, but I could go a little higher is the extra cash is really worth it.

What suggested toolchains should I look at? Is there any kind of C development studios available, like MPLAB?

Thanks!

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Hello,

The Olimex LPC-P2148 is a good board to start, I had no trouble with this one.

About the toolchain, you may try YAGARTO or WinARM, both are free and work well.

regards,

Giovanni

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gdisirio:
The Olimex LPC-P2148 is a good board to start, I had no trouble with this one.

Is this the right one?

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … cts_id=545

About the toolchain, you may try YAGARTO or WinARM, both are free and work well.

I will check out WinARM.

Thanks!

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The Embedded Artists boards are very good. They sell a proto board that takes a range of modules with different LPC21xx chips.

Leon

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Yes, it is the right one.

About the toolchains, YAGARTO is more up to date currently (GCC 4.2.2 vs GCC 4.1.1).

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IAR’s excellent toolset is available for non-commercial use in a 32KB max code size limited version. Easier than struggling with WinARM and its clones, IME (in my experience).

Can be used with Olimex or other LPC2103/2106 boards.

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rpcelectronics:
I am try to stay with a $100 or less dev board, but I could go a little higher is the extra cash is really worth it.

HP 20b calculator? http://hpwiki.fatcity.com/doku.php?id=2 … ng_project

They’ve run the JTAG port out to pads, but haven’t populated it. Schematics are available. They’re about $40. And, of course, they have a keyboard and display.

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Anyone know how to get these HP20 in the UK ? So far it looks like a US only distribution…