I wanted to move from the microcontroller world to the world of Embedded linux, So was searching for cheap ARM Linux development boards to start with. While wandering in the web i chose some ARM based boards which are available easily for buying in India,

AT91RM9200 board:

Atmel ARM9 based development board running @ 180MHz comes packed with,

• 16MB NOR flash,
• 32MB NAND flash,
• 32MB SDRAM,
• Ethernet, USB,
• UART,
• CAN,
• LCD,
• SDCARD,
• LED's,
• Switches.

This board is available for order at RhydolabZ website at the price of Rs 8,999/- 

 Beagle Bone board: 

This board comes with a 720 MHz Super-scaler ARM Cortex A8 processor manufatured by Texas instruments. Beagle bone comes packed with a

• 256MB RAM,
• USB,
• Ethernet support,
• SD CARD.

This board is a made specifically for hardware hacking, so the manufacturer has left out most of the processor pins accessible by connectors.

Beagle bone is available for order @ element14 website at the price of Rs 6,669/-       

Beagle board:

This board is built to give a laptop like performance and comes with a 1 GHz Super-scaler ARM Cortex A8 processor manufatured by Texas instruments. Beagle board comes packed with a

• 512MB RAM,
• USB,
• Ethernet,
• S-Video,
• Camera port,
• Stereo IN/OUT,
• micro SD CARD slot,
• LCD expansion.

Beagle board is available for buying @ NSK electronics website at the price of Rs 9,500/-  

Mini2440 | S3C2440 AMR9 Board by Friendly ARM:

• 400 MHz Samsung S3C2440A ARM920T (max freq. 533 MHz)
• 64 MB SDRAM, 32 bit Bus
• 64 MB / 128 MB / 256 MB / 1GB NAND Flash and 2 MB NOR Flash with BIOS
• 256 Byte EEPROM (I2C)
• SD-Card socket
• DB9 connector (RS232), total: 3 serial port connectors
• USB
• 3.5 mm stereo jack
• Condenser microphone with connector
• Ethernet
• CR1220 Real Time Clock with battery
• PWM buzzer
• 20 pin (2.0 mm) Camera interface
• 41 pin (1.0 mm) connector for FriendlyARM Displays and VGA Board
• 4 wire resistive touchscreen interface
• 6 push buttons and 1 A/D pot
• 4 LEDs

This board is avaialble for buying at NSK Electronics website at the price of Rs 7800/-    

RASPBERRY PI:

The RASPBERRY PI is the cheapest ARM11  powered linux capable single board computer board you will ever find. This board runs an ARM11 processor @700MHz and comes with a 512 Mega Bytes of RAM memory. Here are the features of the board,

• 512MB SDRAM,
• Ethernet, USB,
• HDMI,
• LINUX FEDORA OS,
• ARM 11 processor @700MHz
• BCM2835 SoC based chipset

RASPBERRY PI model B is available for purchase at element14.com website at the price of  Rs.2750/-

RASPBERRY PI kit is also available for purchase from Tenet technotronics at the price of Rs.4000/- 

A13-OLINUXINO: 

Its a development board by Olimex powered by the A13 processor from Allwinner technology from China. Here are the features of the board,

• A13 Cortex A8 processor at 1GHz, 3D Mali400 GPU
• 512 MB RAM
• 6-16VDC input power supply, noise immune design
• 3 + 1 USB hosts, 3 available for users, 1 leads to onboard pinout
• 1 USB OTG which can power the board
• SD-card connector for booting the Linux image
• VGA video output
• LCD signals available on connector so you still can use LCD if you diasble VGA/HDMI
• Audio output
• Microphone input
• RTC PCF8536 on board for real time clock and alarms
• 5 Keys on board for android navigation
• UEXT connector for connecting addtional UEXT modules like Zigbee, Bluetooth, Relays, etc
• GPIO connector with 68/74 pins and these signals
• Optional low-cost 7" LCD with touchscreen
• 17 for adding NAND flash;
• 22 for connecting LCDs;
• 20+4 including 8 GPIOs which can be input, output, interrupt sources;
• 3x I2C;
• 2x UARTs;
• SDIO2 for connectinf SDcards and modules;
• 5 system pins: +5V, +3.3V, GND, RESET, NMI

This board is available for purchase from Tenet technetronics India at the price of Rs. 4652 /- 

IMX233-OLINUXINO-MICRO:

This mini development board is based on the Freescales i.mx233 processor from freescale semiconductors.

Here are the features of the board,

• iMX233 ARM926J processor at 454Mhz
• 64 MB RAM
• SD-card connector for booting the Linux image
• TV PAL/NTSC video output
• 1 USB High Speed Host
• three Buttons
• 2x30 pin GPIO for connection of other hardware
• PCB dimensions: 3.00'' x 1.70'' (76.2mm x 43.2mm)
• Nominal dimensions: 3.40'' x 1.70'' (86.4mm x 43.2mm)

This board is available for purchase from Tenet tech website India at the price of Rs. 2481 /- 

IMX233-OLINUXINO-MINI:  

The board is the mini version of the Olinuxino board mentioned above. Here are the features of this mini linux board

• iMX233 ARM926J processor at 454Mhz
• 64 MB RAM
• SD-card connector for booting the Linux image
• TV PAL/NTSC video output
• 3 USB High Speed Host
• optional WIFI RTL8188CU module
• Stereo Audio Input
• Stereo Headphones Audio Output
• two Buttons
• UEXT connector for connection of different peripherial modules
• 40 pin GPIO for connection of other hardware
• Board is in shape for fit inside Pactec JM42 plastic box
• Power supply input 6-16VDC
• PCB dimensions: 3.70'' x 2.15'' (94.0mm x 54.6mm)
• Nominal dimensions: 3.70'' x 2.65'' (94.0mm x 67.3mm)

This board is available for buying @Tenet tech website at the price of Rs. 3435 /- 

 WANDBOARD SOLO :

The Wandboard is a Freescale i.MX6 Cortex-A9 -Solo processor based board and comes with a 1Ghz processor,512MB DDR3 RAM, HDMI display interface and ethernet.

• Freescale i.MX6 Solo Cores Cortex-A9 Single core processor
• 512 MB DDR3 RAM memory
• Audio
• Optical S/PDIF
• HDMI
• Camera interface
• 2 no's- micro SD cardslot
• Serial port
• Expansion Header
• USB, USB OTG
• Not populated SATA connector
• Gigabit LAN 

Wandboard is available for buying @Tenet tech website at the price of Rs. 6999 /-

WANDBOARD DUALITE : 

Wandboard Dualite comes packed with the new Freescale i.MX6 Cortec-A9 Dualite dual core processor and 1GB of DDR3 RAM memory.  

• Freescale i.MX6 Duallite Cores Cortex-A9 Dual core processor
• 1 GB DDR3 RAM memory
• Audio
• Optical S/PDIF
• HDMI
• Camera interface
• micro SD cardslot-2 nos
• Serial port
• Expansion Header
• USB, USB OTG
• Not Populated SATA connector
• Gigabit LAN
• WiFi (802.11n)
• Bluetooth

Wandboard is available for buying @Tenet tech website at the price of Rs. 9999 /-