Need cheap horsepower?

[Adrenalynn]

Wow. This looks pretty attractive from futurlec: http://www.futurlec.com/ET-ARM_Stamp.shtml

• Includes Philips LPC2119 Microcontroller with 128kb Internal Flash Program Memory
• 16/32 Bit Operation with a speed of up to 58.9824MHz
• Direct In-Circuit Program Download with RS-232 Connection
• Up to 46 I/O points
• 4 Channel 10-Bit A/D Converters
• 2 CAN Interfaces with Acceptance Filters
• 2 UARTS and Fast I2C, together with SPI
• Two 32-Bit Timers with Four Capture and Compare Channels
• On-Board Real-Time Clock
• Power LED with Load and Reset Button
• Easy to Install and Remove
• Ideal as an Interchangeable Controller for Real-Time Systems

$27.90 (!)

[jes1510]

Wow, nice find! It looks like there is a C library available too. Please don't make me buy more toys...

[4mem8]

Man, that does look impressive Adrenalynn, even the stamp dev board looks good, but that price?? one would almost think it is a miss print?

[Adrenalynn]

Naw, I think it's pretty accurate given their pricing on microcontrollers.

Jes - it works with the standard GNU toolchain. It's "just" an ARM-7. Well-known dev process there...

[robologist]

What robot projects have been done with an ARM? I saw another cheap NXP LPC2103 board recently too, thought it could be interesting to work with. Usually use GCC? I haven't gone into that, but hope I could get through the process adequately well.

[Adrenalynn]

The Gumstix and Tin Can Tools larger ARMs are a common robotics mainstay. Some of the best fighting humanoids on the planet are running the Gumstix.

I've done innumerable projects non-robotics-related with the ARM processors. A joy to work with. The Make Controller is also an (older) ARM 7.

Yup - the gcc cross compile toolchain is very mature.

[jes1510]

I have been wanting to break into the ARM world so I am seriously tempted to pick this thing up. I don't have a project for it though. Hmmm....

[Adrenalynn]

Buy it and they will come. :D