I would like to buy a good ARM/Cortex M development board - just curious any suggestions which are good to buy? I will be studying how to
bring these chips "up" and also doing lots of other things like DSP, audio, image processing, GPS, etc.. I just want to know if I"m good to go
if I use the GNU toolchain, Eclipse and/or Microsoft Dev Studion with or without Xamarin.
I want to really get deep with the ARM - from 3 perhaps or 5 or 7 up to CortexM series. The goal is to know enough to develop realtime systems and then
to also do some SoC types of systems - cellphones, etc..
I have been away from this kind of thing for a long time doing regular PC development in C++ and Python on a LInux PC and sometimes an emulator
for the LInux apps on Windows. I am in the process of moving my development lab and I will simply buy a new laptop and perhaps put Linux Mint on it.
Then use a Windows laptop if I need windows.
I want to learn 32 and 64 bit stuff and I will put DSP algorithms on the emulator board to test it out before burning it into a chip.
Any help appreciated.
PS I will also investigate this "project" myself - I think GNU is a good way to get things done. I also need to teach this to a friend.
It would be easiest to start with an MCU development kit, such as Keil MDK. This gives you access to a variety of software packs including startup code for over 6000 microcontrollers.
As for development boards, there are a myriad of different boards provided by microcontroller vendors. If you are looking for a single board to compare different Arm Cortex-M processors, the MPS2+ board is an FPGA based platform allowing you to swap and play with all Cortex-M cores.
Hi, thank you Ronan. I'm installing the Keil MDK on my HP Laptop because that is the only computer I have until I get all of my old computers from my previous house ... and I will try to get an MPS2+ dev board. I want to ultimately be able to program cellphone chips among others - ie. SOC's etc. And I will still try out the GNU toolchain alongside these tools. I guess I wonder how much a reasonable system will cost, hopefully I can do this for less than $1500.00. Let's hope I can do it.
Update:
So I've finished installing including the ULINK drivers although I haven't installed any packs yet as I have no hardware as of yet. That can happen later.
So I'll look into getting that MPS2+ board now.
Thanks again.
The above is my pack screen.
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