Кита от Circuit Cellar е много добре замислен

Днес успях да го пусна. Средата за разработка, компилатора, библиотеките са online, дори не знам какво стои зад бутона Compile, работата е, че като го натисна ми компилира примерен C++ код, зареди го в кита и светодиодите започнаха да святкат

Средата много прилича на Eclipse, но изключително просто направена. Когато се закачи модула към USB порта на PC се закачва като Mass Storage Device, след като компилираш програмата си средата ти предлага избор къде да запише изходния bin файл, ако се избере диска на кита се записва там, натискаш Reset и новата програма се зарежда в професора.
Във вградената библиотека mbed има предефинирани класове: AnalogIn, AnalogOut, BusIn, BusOut, CAN, DigitalIn, DigitalOut, Ethernet, I2C, I2CSlave, InterruptIn, LocaFileSystem, PortIn, PortOut, PwmOut, SPI, SPIHalfDuplex, SPISlave, Serial, SerialHalfDuplex, Ticker, Timeout, Timer, error, rtc_time, wait_api.
На сайта са налични следните примери, проекти и библиотеки:
TCP/IP Networking
•Networking - getting started
•Ethernet - physical connection and setup
•Sockets API - use sockets, DNS, and connection-oriented services
•Networking Stack Releases - TCP/IP stack versions
•HTTP Client - GET and POST requests
•HTTP Server - handle HTTP requests
•NTP Client - set the RTC
•Twitter - post to twitter
•SuperTweet - post to Twitter via SuperTweet
•Pachube - post to pachube.com
•MySQL Client - connect to MySQL
USB
•BlueUSB - Bluetooth, Wii controller, Hubs, etc
•USB MSD - USB flash drives
LCDs and Displays
•Text LCD - A driver for Text LCD panels
•Nokia LCD - controlling a 130x130 Nokia display
•VT100 Terminal - control cursor position
•Embedded Artists OLED Display - A 96x64 pixel OLED
•4DGL TFT Screen - A library for 320 x 240 16bits color touch screen
Motors and Actuators
•Servo - Control a Radio Control (R/C) model servo
•Motor - Control a DC motor with PWM and an H-bridge
•Dynamixel AX12 Servo - Digitally controlled robot servo
Sensors
•GlobalSat EM-406 GPS Module
•ITG-3200 Gyroscope - Triple axis digital gyroscope
•SRF08 Ultrasonic Ranger - I2C Ranging sensor
•SCP1000 Pressure Sensor - SPI MEMS barometric, absolute pressure sensor
Cameras
•CameraC328 - C328 (COMedia) - JPEG Color Camera with UART Interface
Accelerometer
•LIS302 Accelerometer
•ADXL345 Accelerometer - Triple axis digital accelerometer
Compass
•CMPS03 Digital Compass - Robot digital compass module
•HMC6352 Digital Compass - Honeywell digital compass module
•HMC5843 Digital Compass - Honeywell digital compass module
RFID
•ID12 RFID Reader
•RWD RFID modules - RFID readers from IB technology
Temperature
•MAX6675 Thermocouple - A SPI digital thermometer
•TMP102 Temperature Sensor - An I2C temperature sensor
Interfaces and Drivers
•PCF8574 I2C IO Expander - Popular 8-bit I2C I/O Expander
•PCF8575-I2C-IO-Expander - 16-bit port expander
•QEI - Quadrature encoder interface
•PID - Proportional, integral, derivative controller
•IMU - Inertial measurement unit orientation filter
•Microchip 23K256 SRAM
•IR - Infrared ray transmitter and receiver
•mAVRISP - Program an AVR with mbed
•PS2 - PS/2 keyboard, mouse
•Midi - Controlling Synthesizers, etc..
Storage
•SD Card File System
Interfacing with other languages
•Interfacing Using RPC
•Interfacing with Matlab
•Interfacing with Python
•Interfacing with LabVIEW
•Interfacing with Java
•Interfacing with JavaScript
•Assembly Language - Using Assembly Language and how to debug using the free Keil Tools ARM emulator
•Python-on-a-chip
•Interfacing with .NET
Utilities for an application
•ConfigFile - Variable configuration file helper class
•SerialBuffered - An extension to the Serial library that provides customisable buffering
•DebounceIn - Extends DigitalIn to add mechanical switch deboucing of inputs.
Baseboards
•Embedded Artists Baseboard
•Cool Components Workshop Board
•StarBoard Orange
•SKPang Dev Board
•Individual Connector Breakout Boards
•NGX mX Baseboard
Reference, Tutorials and Examples, Events
This section is for the sort of reusable information that can help you get your job done.
•Events - Confirmed mbed events
•Writing a Library - How to write your own library
•Documenting a Library - How to get API documentation automatically generated for your own library
•Calling Library API Functions - How to use the official mbed libraries
•RFID Tweeter - Simple "Internet of Things" example using RFID and Twitter
•Reference Design - Hardware reference designs, starting with LPC1768
•Workshop - Notes and resources for running mbed workshops
•ESP-KTN - Workshop notes for ESP-KTN Workshop sessions
•mbed Rover - Combining motors, QEI, PID control and an IMU
•LPC1768 Pinout IC format - LPC1768 pinout in IC format
•LPC1768 Pinout Table - LPC1768 pinout in table format
Projects
Cookbook pages of links to notebook pages documenting any projects you are working on.
•Drum Machine
•mbed Demo Display - A big interactive demo you can program on-the-fly
•MOSFET Tester and Ohm Meter - Project that uses the mbed to find resistance and test MOSFETs.
•Pololu 3pi Robot - Adapting this great robot platform for mbed
•iRobot Create Robot or a Roomba - How to get started using mbed for control
•NetTool - Demo program utilizing raw ethernet I/O of tcp, udp, arp, and icmp.
•Student Projects - Links to an assortment of student projects
С други думи с чиста съвест им пиша 6+ на NXP за кита като средство за зарибявка на начинаещи

Кофти, че няма монтиран Eth socket, щях веднага да му изпробвам мрежовите възможности. Трябва допълнително да се купува и да се запоява с жици или на въшна платка. Ама пък за абсолютно безплатен кит с безплатна доставка до вратата не може да се иска повече.