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  1. I want to buy a ARM microprocessor based board, Can any one tell which is the best(in terms of functionality) and cost effective?
  2. What hardware/Software tools and cables I need to buy (For debugging, IDE, etc)?

(Note: Multi-thread code to be tested, RTOS (Linux, ThreadX etc), Hardware debugging)

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  • if you want linux (which is not an rtos), then raspberry pi or beaglebone. the raspberry pi is limited in its I/O but easy on the budget. If linux is not a requirement you can get things like the stellaris launchpad or the stm32f4 discovery or the f0 discovery, etc. – old_timer Feb 14 '13 at 14:42
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    There is no such thing as BEST, you shouldnt use words like that in a forum like this. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. – old_timer Feb 14 '13 at 14:43
  • with the raspberry pi you probably want a usb to uart/serial (some flavor of 3.3v ftdi board) as well as monitor keyboard, etc. This is good in general. beaglebone you dont really need anything, stellaris, you might want a ftdi board, but might not need it at all. same goes for the stm32 discovery boards, I think you can get uart through the usb to the host. boards like the mbed you definitely can. – old_timer Feb 14 '13 at 14:44
  • software is all free, codesourcery or https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded or roll your own (or get an extra raspberry pi and just develop natively on that) – old_timer Feb 14 '13 at 14:49

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  1. Go for lpc2xxx series from nxp. It has got ARM7 core.
  2. Software - keil is good. jtag debugger can be used for debugging.
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There are several options based on your budget and what you want to do with it. If you want to run Linux, you'll need something substantial. I recommend the Raspberry-Pi. It has a good online community and Linux ports.

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