[En-Nut-Discussion] Nut ARM Status

[Henrik Maier]

I am also interested in the AT91SAM7X256 chip and wouldn't mind to 
collaborate on development of the network and UART drivers in the near 
future.

Henrik Maier

Ralph Mason wrote:
> Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote:
> 
>> Ralph Mason wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> It's time to start a new design and we have chosen the AT91SAM7S256 to
>>> replace our current AVR Solution.
>>>
>>> It's a pretty amazing chip for $6.50, and seems to have everything
>>> necessary to run NutOS the we we do (e.g without any Ethernet support).
>>>     
>>
>>
>> That looks quite interesting chip. Anyone know European online sales
>> source for ARM chips in small quantities? I am interested in that and
>> other models. Somehow AVR's are quite easy to get, but when micro
>> controllers gets more "interesting" they are quite hard to find in
>> online shops.
>>
>>   
> 
> Digikey will ship worldwide, and have stock.  I got samples from ATMEL 
> via a local rep in about a week.
> 
> Seems like family would be a natural choice for NutOs. The AT91SAM7X256 
> by example ( 
> http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3755_  ) has 
> a built-in 10/100 MAC, 3 uarts, SPI, I2C, USB device, CAN.  With no 
> external bus you have a low cost power full net controller - just 
> connect a clock, power.
> 
> Ralph
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