Also, how much experience do you have with ARM and embedded SW development since some boards are definitely easier than others.The NGX LPC4330-Xplorer is a really good value in my opinion, but it is also a fairly complex chip to use (even ignoring the dual-core): <a href="http://shop.ngxtechnologies.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_37&products_id=104I">http://shop.ngxtechnologies.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_37&products_id=104I</a> tend to stick to NXP chips simply because it is what I know