Hi i've decided start learning ARM7 microcontrollers
planning to buy this board
http://www.olimex.com/dev/sam7-p64.html
is it worth it?? Are there any other good arm7 boards (ATMEL or
phillips LPC)

"aravind" <a...@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi i've decided start learning ARM7 microcontrollers
> planning to buy this board
> http://www.olimex.com/dev/sam7-p64.html
> is it worth it?? Are there any other good arm7 boards (ATMEL or
> phillips LPC)

I've worked with Logic Product Development's boards and they are very 
good - although they are a bit pricey. http://www.logicpd.com/ 

aravind wrote:
> Hi i've decided start learning ARM7 microcontrollers
> planning to buy this board
> http://www.olimex.com/dev/sam7-p64.html
> is it worth it?? Are there any other good arm7 boards (ATMEL or
> phillips LPC)

I can recommend the Embedded Artist boards - see
http://www.embeddedartists.com/products/boards/

cheers,

Al

I normally use the Keil ones – but have used some Olimex, both are fine.


I buy my Keil boards from  Farnell, as they are much cheaper than through
many of the embedded vendors, althpouigh they don't offer whole range.

Keil have lots of example programs for their boards which you can downlaod
from their website.

An evaluation version of their compiler is free to, and will give you
plenty of scope to learn, using a first rate tool chain.  The simulator of
the chips is a really help when trying to work out why a peripheral is not
working as intended. 

Bocote

It also depends where you are located. You can get Olimex Boards from
Sparkfun in the US at a better price and less shipping but if you are
not in the US, Olimex might be the lowest cost.
Other boards particularly for LPCs can be found at http://www.lpctools.com
and another overview of tools for the LPC2000 and other ARM micros at
http://www.lpc2000.com/tools

Cheers An Schwob