The ARMmite PRO from the Maker Shed is a low-cost single board computer. It's perfect for small volume applications that require customization. The ARMmite PRO Features 21 TTL compatible digital I/Os shared with 7 10-bit A/D pins. Unleash the power of a 32-bit processor, running at 60 MHz to solve your control problem. Save time with built in support for PWM, SPI, 1-Wire, I2C, Pulse timing, Synchronous and Asynchronous serial protocols. Fully assembled, no soldering required!
Does this include all the dev tools/programming dongle?
On the Coridium site, they list the Eval kit (board plus programming dongle and eval CD) at $69... is this Maker Shed offering including those at the $29 price?
... if the board can be run at a high-enough voltage (3.mumble Volts), most of the pins are 5V-tolerant including the UART0 lines, so it might be possible to program this with nothing but the FTDI USB-serial cable with pins suitably re-arranged. Though that cable doesn't bring out the DTR signal used to automatically reset the board during programming, but that could be done manually since there's a reset button...
There's a Yahoo Group with an open-source programmer too that talks to the default resident serial bootloader/ISP:
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if you are going to run 'commercial posts' for your own store in the blog why not just put the price of the item IN the post? just curious...
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On the Coridium site, they list the Eval kit (board plus programming dongle and eval CD) at $69... is this Maker Shed offering including those at the $29 price?
If so, I'll probably take two! :)
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You have some valid points. I will make a few additions and corrections. Thanks!
FYI - most of the copy is suppled from the manufacturer....and yes, you will end up having to solder some headers and/or wires to the board to work.
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Someone commented on the Sparkfun forums that the WinARM toolchain can be used to program this board, and looking at the spec sheets
http://www.nxp.com/acrobat_download/datasheets/LPC2101_02_03_4.pdf
... if the board can be run at a high-enough voltage (3.mumble Volts), most of the pins are 5V-tolerant including the UART0 lines, so it might be possible to program this with nothing but the FTDI USB-serial cable with pins suitably re-arranged. Though that cable doesn't bring out the DTR signal used to automatically reset the board during programming, but that could be done manually since there's a reset button...
There's a Yahoo Group with an open-source programmer too that talks to the default resident serial bootloader/ISP:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc21isp
Anyway, looks like a very capable, simple board for getting into ARM development without being tied to any one set of tools!
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