ARM development board recommendation

May 24, 2007 7 Replies

Hi,



I'm getting started with Linux embedded development and i'm looking for my first board. The minimum requirements are:


- ARM CPU



- Linux support (mainline without 3rd party patches)



- U-Boot support (without 3rd party patches)



- JTAG port



- Ethernet



- 1 or more serial ports



- price tag


Hi I'm using currently an arm board by technologic (ts7300), several models in different price categories. There is a backdraw: it's a 2.4 kernel, but there is a rtai variant available for free. If you've a lot of time you could create your own 2.6kernel, which I did for board with another processor type. We are currently designing a fpga extension board for some telemetry tests with it. taco

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You could try the AVR32 Gateway at $69... Linux 2.6.21.1 has AVR32 support U-Boot has AVR32 support.

Best Regards, Ulf Samuelsson This is intended to be my personal opinion which may, or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB

Thanks for your suggestion. I fear right now i don't have the skills to write a port for 2.6, maybe this could be a nice task in the future after having gained some experience on a out-of-the box supported board

Matthias Kaehlcke Linux Application Developer Barcelona

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I already had a look at it after reading its announcement on linuxdevices.com. It's one of my candidates if i don't find a suitable ARM board.

Thanks

Matthias Kaehlcke Linux Application Developer Barcelona

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using free software / Debian GNU/Linux |

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Some day, I'd hope to find one or more manufacturers of boards for a wide variety of architectures (including ARM, MIPS, PPC, and in both endians) for a variety of form factors to also include ITX and [u]ATX.

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