I need to put together one to a few quick prototypes of an Ethernet-connected system, and the customer is concerned to minimize the materials cost of his prototype(s). The requirement is for enough flash and RAM to run a TCP/IP stack and download a small HTML file via http. Board must have both a serial port and a Centronics port to connect to one of two different printers, but I can hack both of those on with external hardware of course.
The cheapest retailed EVB I can see is Olimex's MSP430F149 board with
10bT Ethernet at $69.95. This price is acceptable (though RAM is a bit tight - I will have to add external SPI EEPROM to store the downloaded file), but I'd like to hear alternatives if they exist.Particularly something with more RAM (8K would be nice). MSP430, ARM or AVR preferably. What I really want is a stripped down version of one of Olimex's ST or Philips-based ARM boards. I _JUST_ want the Ethernet and the micro, nothing else :)