/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/affordable-dev-boardsDoing quite a bit of work with evaluation boards at the moment and I was wondering if, on the off chance, anyone had some links to affordable boards for prototyping and such like. Basically just wanting to get myself up to speed with a wider range ofen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/affordable-dev-boardsMon, 05 Nov 2012 07:13:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d2c05cdf-a71e-402a-9d78-aaf5d52a3663fustini0<p><span><span>The MSP430 LaunchPad probably is the cheapest option: </span></span><a class="jive-link-external-small pf-transactional-link" href="http://uk.farnell.com/texas-instruments/msp-exp430g2/kit-dev-msp430-launchpad/dp/1853793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/texas-instruments/msp-exp430g2/kit-dev-msp430-launchpad/dp/1853793</a><span>&nbsp; The Freedom board (</span><a class="jive-link-external-small pf-transactional-link" href="http://uk.farnell.com/freescale-semiconductor/frdm-kl25z/freescale-freedom-board-hardware/dp/2191861" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/freescale-semiconductor/frdm-kl25z/freescale-freedom-board-hardware/dp/2191861</a><span>) and the STM32 Discovery board (</span><a class="jive-link-external-small pf-transactional-link" href="http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=2009276&amp;MER=baynote-2009276-pr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=2009276&amp;MER=baynote-2009276-pr</a><span>) are inexpensive ways to get into ARM.&nbsp; You might want to also post in the Embedded group to get more feedback: </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="/technologies/embedded/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.element14.com/community/groups/embedded?view=discussions</a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15084&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">