Comments on Chip Overclock: Diminuto Right Out of the Box

I just discovered yet another interesting ARM-base...

2009-04-26T16:36:00.000-06:00

I just discovered yet another interesting ARM-based development board, this one from Intellimetrix. It's specifically designed for learning embedded development using Linux, and comes with a Linux 2.6 kernel pre-installed. Hardware-wise it's very similar to my Diminuto/Arroyo project board, including using the same processor chip, the Atmel AT91RM9200. It's about one-third the price of the development board I used.

http://www.intellimetrix.us/EmbeddedLinuxKit.htm

I'd be very interested in hearing of anyone that's used this board, and especially interested in anyone who has taught a class with it.

Another interesting project board is the BeagleBoa...

2009-04-18T19:52:00.000-06:00

Another interesting project board is the BeagleBoard, a $150 dollar development board that features the TI OMAP3530 processor which contains an ARM Cortex-A8 processor core. The BeagleBoard designers made some very interesting design decisions. For example, the board uses a USB port both as its access to the outside world and for power.

Good luck on your project!

This kind of detailed work deserves a comment :) ...

2009-04-18T16:39:00.000-06:00

This kind of detailed work deserves a comment :)

I have a AVR32 NGW100 dev-board, contains much the same hardware, USB, Ethernet, serial, SD cards ... and I/O. The out-of-the-box experience is much the same, booting up with PuTTY into UBOOT and the 2.6 Kernel. I'm gonna use your experience here as a pattern to build the tool-chain on a new Linux box and see what I can accomplish. The NGW100 board is about 90$ from the normal sources.