You might also consider an original Sony Playstation, as it is available cheap, has "good" I/O capability (video/game controllers/sound), and has a low-speed, non-MMU MIPS processor, not to mention various emulators that would ease debugging. -joe
2009/8/28 Timothée Manaud <timot...@manaud.net> > > If you realy need a MIPS arch, the Fonera is realy cheap (30$) and has > serial, ethernet and JTAG available. > > Timothée. > > On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:05:01 +1000, <micro...@virginbroadband.com.au> > wrote: > > I wonder too why MIPS ? > > IMO ARM is your best bet nowadays, ARM is more and more breaking through > > even into 8 bit apps where > > eg. deeply embedded Cortex now runs. Just about any consumer device today > > has ARM in it. > > I reckon that soon ARM experience will be a must for engineers. > > > > If you want ARM, Olimex is a great choice and great value. I use a > > SAM9-L9260 board. I've been very happy with it. > > It costs little and has everything to start with (uC)linux. > > USB host and device port, Ethernet, MMC/SD/SDIO slot, serial RS232 64 MB > > RAM, 512 MB Flash 200 MHz ARM926 > > with MMU, DataFlash for boot etc. etc. > > It's 99% compatible with Atmel's AT91SAM9260EK, but costs1/3 the price. > > ($169 EUR IIRC) > > www.olimex.com > > > > HTH > > B rgds > > Kris > > > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:45:13 -0400, Jim Donelson > <ucli...@jimdonelson.com> > > wrote: > >> Not familar with MIPS boards, but I highly recommend you get one with an > >> Ethernet port for development. > >> Just wondering, why does it need to be MIPS? > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:31 AM, tom gogh <tomgog...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> can anyone recommend any good development board/starter kit for > >>> MIPS. > >>> I am looking for cheap option, to port uclinux as a hobby project. > >>> > >>> How folks on this mailing list get development boards? > >>> What sources do you track? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Anand > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> uClinux-dev mailing list > >>> uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > >>> This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>> To unsubscribe see: > >>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > > uClinux-dev mailing list > > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > > To unsubscribe see: > > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > uClinux-dev mailing list > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > To unsubscribe see: > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev >
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