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Title: New to ARM
Post by: macbook on August 15, 2010, 01:32:51 PM

Hey,
I am making an AI enabled vehicle bot and I wanna use an ARM.
I've been using an ATMega on an Arduino environment till now and have no idea about ARMs.
I wanna know if Arduino type development boards are also available with ARM? I want some digital/analog I/O pins for sensors, some interface like USB or serial port for communicating with my comp and programmer.
Arduino has its own programmer, I've heard we program ARM in Keil-C. Does the programmer come with the development board?
Also can you tell me some website where I can order the boards(To India).
Thanks. :)

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: waltr on August 15, 2010, 02:28:33 PM

Don't know about shipping to India but Olimex sells ARM boards.
http://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html (http://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html)

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on August 15, 2010, 03:06:35 PM

Cortino: http://www.bugblat.com/products/cor.html (http://www.bugblat.com/products/cor.html)
Maple: http://leaflabs.com/devices/maple/ (http://leaflabs.com/devices/maple/)
Fez Domino: http://www.tinyclr.com/compare/ (http://www.tinyclr.com/compare/) (& Fez Panda)

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: billhowl on August 15, 2010, 10:06:19 PM

I had found this
http://robokits.co.in/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=afi9dftgcgmkie6lgefckc7ff7 (http://robokits.co.in/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=afi9dftgcgmkie6lgefckc7ff7)

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: macbook on August 17, 2010, 01:42:37 PM

Thnx for the links... I think I'll use Leaflabs Maple board....
Has anyone worked with it before? Any idea if its good or bad? Has it received any complaints?

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: Razor Concepts on August 17, 2010, 04:41:43 PM

Still very very in beta, so expect bugs and needing to fix problems on your own.

If you can live without the maple IDE style programs, try the LPCxpresso board, very powerful and only 30 bucks.

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: macbook on August 18, 2010, 05:22:18 AM

Ohh...
Can u suggest a site where I can place order for this LPCxpresso board?
And will this cater to all my needs which were fulfilled by Leaflabs? As in Digital/analog IO Pins, TX/RX pins, USB interface etc...

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: Razor Concepts on August 18, 2010, 05:54:49 PM

Mouser or Digikey

 yes, basically the same capabilities, both run on Cortex M3 processors.

The coding will not be easy though, a lot different than what arduino is. The Maple is alright, just check out their site and forums and see what is or isnnot supported. If they support everything you need, you should be fine with it.

Title: Re: New to ARM
Post by: tmoney68 on August 18, 2010, 09:13:13 PM

Coridium Corporation has an Arduino-type ARM board.

Link: http://www.coridiumcorp.com/ARMduino.php (http://www.coridiumcorp.com/ARMduino.php)

I thought about getting one, since the price is right...but I have enough project right now  :P