John,
TI makes a thing called the Tiva C Launchpad. A sub $20 ARM board with
USB (even Ethernet on some models!). It can be programmed with Energia,
which is a spinoff of the Arduino IDE.
Basically, an Arduino style board with a lot more CPU power.
I still haven't found how to integrate the CPU into a user project
without the board, while retaining the easy reprogramming. The LaunchPad
boards have TWO ARM CPUs on them.
The $20 board with Ethernet
http://www.ti.com/tool/ek-tm4c1294xl
The $13 board without Ethernet
http://www.ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/launchpads-connected-ek-tm4c123gxl.html
On 1/27/16 9:06 AM, NeonJohn wrote:
On 01/27/2016 09:22 AM, Nick wrote:
+1 on hating the PIC "architecture".
I was always an AVR man, then I discovered the MSP430 series... :)
Interesting. I plugged MPS430 into mouser and what came up is a large
100 pin chip that is fairly expensive. Are there smaller versions in
the series? I guess I have a lot of reading to do.
I'm in a quandary. In upcoming products, I need more power than the
AVRs can provide. I feel like I should be on the ARM bandwagon but I
have no idea where to start. This TI chip looks interesting but it
chaps me to have to pay for dev tools. Yeah, I know the GNU chain is
free but sometimes one just has to have a source code debugger.
John
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