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TI is offering their ARM M4F dev board, the <a
href="http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp432p401r">MSP432P401R
Launchpad</a>, based on their low power technology for $4.32
(roughly 1/3 of regular price) plus $7 shipping. I decided to get a
bunch of these for various reasons, but a big side effect is that I
can offer them to the group for $5 each, saving folks most of the
shipping cost. They should be at my house via FedEx before the
meeting tomorrow, but for those that don't want to hike from the
great Northwest, I'll be at Splatspace on Tuesday evening. If you're
interested <a href="mailto:pete@soper.us">drop me a line</a> with
the number you'd like.<br>
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I've been using one of these boards with the latest TI CCS 6.1
(C/C++). IDE and, for me, it's nirvana. No need for a separate JTAG
gadget: everything is on the board to simply connect with USB. I'm
using Windows 7 to make sure it works well on that (it's also
working well with Ubuntu 14.04. It doesn't work worth a flip on
Ubuntu 13.10). This is Eclipse-based and at least as powerful as
Atmel Studio, but TI has made it relatively easy to use. The debug
part of the board can be disconnected for a ridiculously low power
solution (but it does have four pins that will drive 20ma at close
to 3.3 volts).<br>
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-Pete<br>
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