Re: new to ARM

BQ wrote:
Hello,
we would like to use a NXP LPC2103, ARM7TDMI
( http://www.nxp.com/#/pip/pip=[pip=LPC2101_02_03_1]|pp=[v=d,t=pip,i=LPC2101_02_03_1,fi=45994,ps=0][0] )
for a new application.
But we are completely new to arm7.
Is there an IDE to develop the application?
Compilers? Debug tools? Programmers?
Thank you for your help.
Cheers
Paul

Hi Paul

The ARM-920T core includes MMU, which ought to mean, that you can use a Linux kernel 2.6.

Try and look at:
http://www.open-research.org.uk/ARMuC/index.cgi?Compiler_Suites

News groups:
nntp://linux.debian.ports.arm
nntp://comp.sys.arm

Nov. 08, 2004 Tiny Linux box targets solar, vehicle, control apps:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6786092122.html

http://www.medallionsystem.com/
Citat: "...ARM-7: Linux 2.4.x, ARM-9: Linux 2.6.x..."
http://www.techsol.ca/

March 7, 2006 Techsol Product Announcement: TPC-57 Medallion Touch Panel Computer:
http://www.medallionsystem.com/products/News/TechsolProductNews_TPC57.html

SA2410 Medallion CPU Module:
http://www.medallionsystem.com/products/Medallions/index.html#SA2410
Citat: "...featuring an ARM-920T core with MMU and cache memories..."

Techsol Services: Shipping:
http://www.medallionsystem.com/services/Shipping/index.html#ShippingTo
Citat: "...
That means that your product could ship from Canada, USA, China, Korea, or UK depending on your needs. For example, we can:
....
Or build your product in the UK and label it "Made in EU".
...."

ARM based board:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/view_detail.asp?FileName=AT91SAM9261_11_15.html&family_id=605
Citat: "...The AT91SAM9261's on-chip LCD controller supports black-and-white and up to 16M colors, driving *active TFT* and passive STN LCD displays with a resolution of up to 2048x2048..."

Possible suppliers:

http://www.keil.com/boards/
http://www.olimex.com/
http://microcontrollershop.com/
http://www.littlechips.com/products.htm
http://www.littlechips.com/LN2410SBC_TFT.htm

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Open source tools are here:
http://da.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ARM_mikrocontroller&oldid=1315633#Eksterne_henvisninger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

http://www.open-research.org.uk/ARMuC/Compiler_Suites.html
http://www.open-research.org.uk/ARMuC/Other_Development_Tools.html
http://www.open-research.org.uk/ARMuC/HomePage.html

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This ARM platform might be interesting:
http://www.openmoko.com/products-index.html
http://www.openmoko.org/
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page

Mar. 13, 2006 Ultra-low-powered SBC for solar applications runs Linux (ARM9 $150@100stk):
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8586582756.html

En ARM baseret SBC på størrelse med en stykke tyggegummi:
http://gumstix.com/

Here the "gum" is put into a RC helicopter:
http://perso.orange.fr/pascal.brisset/chromicro/doc/chromicro.html

robots and uav:
http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=robots%20and%20uav

netCF-vx $65:
http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=183
http://pubs.gumstix.com/boards/ETHERSTIX/PCB00018-R306/

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It does not have to be boring to develop on the ARM platform...to others - interested people might see, that the robot bangs less and less into the the walls as the development progresses...:

The SR4 Autonomous Mobile Robot:
http://www.smartrobots.com/
Citat: "...As an Educational Platform...The SR4 features the Linux operating system, Java, the Medallion single board computer with an ARM micro

kind regards,

Glenn
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