List of cheap ARM MCU development boards

#25 Reply
Posted by Mr. Scram on 28 Aug, 2018 01:22
Quote from: blueskull on 28 Aug, 2018 00:56
Where is CY8CKIT-059?
I mentioned Cypress having various boards, but I guess I neglected to mention part numbers.

#26 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 28 Aug, 2018 08:56
Shipping costs from the Cypress website is 15$. Which brings the CY8CKIT-059 or any other 10$ board to 25$. It is possible to get it on Aliexpress for 20$ shipped, or from distributor like mouser, farnell, digikey etc but it also add extra shipping costs.

#27 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 28 Aug, 2018 09:08
@PCB.wiz: I added the NuMaker Uno (NUC131SD2AE) board, which costs 10$ with the actual 50% sales. Thanks for the tip

#28 Reply
Posted by stj on 28 Aug, 2018 20:13
you missed out the entire ST Nucleo 32,64 & 144 series!

#29 Reply
Posted by SiliconWizard on 29 Aug, 2018 13:32
Quote from: stj on 28 Aug, 2018 20:13
you missed out the entire ST Nucleo 32,64 & 144 series!

I second that, great boards and very cheap.

#30 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 14:10
Nucleo 32 44 and 144 are indeed a good choice. Shipping costs if buying from the ST website are really high (if shipping outside USA) though (37$ to France).

#31 Reply
Posted by GeorgeOfTheJungle on 29 Aug, 2018 14:18
Orange PI PC is $15 and the OPi Zero is $8.5. See http://www.orangepi.org/ and https://www.armbian.com/

#32 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 14:21
Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on 29 Aug, 2018 14:18
Orange PI PC is $15 and the OPi Zero is $8.5. See http://www.orangepi.org/ and https://www.armbian.com/

I forgot to mention that this thread is about microcontroller, not application processor. I edited the title.

#33 Reply
Posted by SiliconWizard on 29 Aug, 2018 14:49
Quote from: AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 14:10
Nucleo 32 44 and 144 are indeed a good choice. Shipping costs if buying from the ST website are really high (if shipping outside USA) though (37$ to France).

Yes, in that case you can check distributors, those boards are available at Mouser, Farnell and probably others (although you may not find ALL of those boards).

#34 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 15:05
I added the nucleo serie to the list

#35 Reply
Posted by GeorgeOfTheJungle on 29 Aug, 2018 16:36
Quote from: AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 14:21
I forgot to mention that this thread is about microcontroller, not application processor. I edited the title.

Oh, sorry. More mcu dev boards here: https://os.mbed.com/platforms/

#36 Reply
Posted by westfw on 29 Aug, 2018 21:48
Nuvoton: M0516LAN, M058LAN, M052LAN, All under $5 (Aliexpress)

Nordic: BBC Micro:Bit (~$15, lots of places)

Atmel: Adafruit "ATSAMD09 Breakout with seesaw" $5

#37 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 29 Aug, 2018 22:54
Thanks, I missed the Nuvoton boards on AliExpress.
BBC:MicroBit definitely has its place since it coup be a devboard for both the Nordic nrf51 and the Freescale KL26Z.
I also add the D09 breakout

#38 Reply
Posted by Geoff_S on 30 Aug, 2018 11:26
There's a bunch of "FRDM" boards from NXP but most of them are > USD$15, except this one (FRDM-KL-05Z):
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/NXP-Freescale/FRDM-KL05Z

#39 Reply
Posted by westfw on 09 Sep, 2018 00:54
GHI Electronics "Fez" (STM32F401RET6) - $10. Has C#/.Net support!(?)

#40 Reply
Posted by westfw on 11 Sep, 2018 05:34

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#41 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 12 Sep, 2018 15:16
Thanks Westfw: I was able to get an MSP432 kit for less than 10€ delivered in France.

#42 Reply
Posted by SiliconWizard on 13 Sep, 2018 16:54
Quote from: AloyseTech on 12 Sep, 2018 15:16
Thanks Westfw: I was able to get an MSP432 kit for less than 10€ delivered in France.

Great. I remember ordering one a couple years ago for about 12€! Pretty cheap indeed.

Those MCUs are not bad at all, I was actually considering them before selecting the STM32L4 line.

#43 Reply
Posted by technix on 13 Sep, 2018 17:01
I have just cooked up SushiBits M23 Mini Pro, an ATSAML11D16A board with a STM32F042F6P6 as an onboard CMSIS-DAP debugger. It should be available at $9.99 + shipping on Tindie once I get the built-in debugger firmware ready. It has the same physical size of a DIP-24 0.6in chip - probably the smallest ARM development kit with built-in debugger ever.

#44 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 20 Sep, 2018 09:30
Quote from: technix on 13 Sep, 2018 17:01
I have just cooked up SushiBits M23 Mini Pro, an ATSAML11D16A board with a STM32F042F6P6 as an onboard CMSIS-DAP debugger. It should be available at $9.99 + shipping on Tindie once I get the built-in debugger firmware ready. It has the same physical size of a DIP-24 0.6in chip - probably the smallest ARM development kit with built-in debugger ever.

I added it to the list. I think it could be cool if you could expose both the STM and SAML SWD pins (Maybe this is already the case).

#45 Reply
Posted by technix on 20 Sep, 2018 16:39
Quote from: AloyseTech on 20 Sep, 2018 09:30
Quote from: technix on 13 Sep, 2018 17:01
I have just cooked up SushiBits M23 Mini Pro, an ATSAML11D16A board with a STM32F042F6P6 as an onboard CMSIS-DAP debugger. It should be available at $9.99 + shipping on Tindie once I get the built-in debugger firmware ready. It has the same physical size of a DIP-24 0.6in chip - probably the smallest ARM development kit with built-in debugger ever.

I added it to the list. I think it could be cool if you could expose both the STM and SAML SWD pins (Maybe this is already the case).
It is already the case. However I don't think I can make it within US$10 right now due to what few vendors that carries SAM L11 jacking up prices.

If you step up to the sub-$30 bracket I have a lot more offerings, all of which Arduino capable:
* SushiBits One Pro v6 (designed for STM32F103/F303/L152, but also supports Chinese chips like GD32F103/F303, AT32F403 etc, built-in debugger based on DAP42)
* SushiBits ARM Classic Pro v2 (LPC2103 with DAP42 onboard debug, ARM7TDMI core)

Take another step up to sub-$50, you get Linux boards in form factors other than Arduino
* SushiBits Media 64 (Allwinner V3s with 64MB built-in DDR2, 64MB SPI Flash)
* SushiBits Media 512 (Allwinner A13 with 512MB DDR3 and 16GB or 32GB eMMC)

#46 Reply
Posted by rsjsouza on 16 Oct, 2018 20:49
TI is at it again. 10% off some kits and free shipping (not sure if worldwide)
http://www.ti.com/info-store/featured/october2018.html?HQS=ecm-tistore-promo-october2018-bhp-lp-null-wwe

#47 Reply
Posted by ogden on 17 Oct, 2018 11:55
10$ for Quad 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 CPU board:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/librecomputer/la-frite-open-source-fries

Note that 10$ (512MB) and 15$ (1GB) boards have only bootloader (uBoot!) flash. Either USB flash, network boot or proprietary eMMC module shall be used. Actually 30$ offer which includes 8GB eMMC, 2.5A PSU and HDMI cable is kinda good.

#48 Reply
Posted by AloyseTech on 11 Mar, 2019 08:51
Some Nuvoton boards are available for 2-2.5$ on this site for a limited time (no idea of the end date) : https://www.techdesign.com/market/nuvoton?utm_source=tdc%20edm&utm_campaign=tdc%20edm_Nuvoton_DevKitSale_190311&tab=product

International shipping is 6.99$

Ref: NuTiny-NUC029
NuMaker-M031
NuMaker-ML51