Atmel AT91 (ARM) Family

Hello,

Has anybody already worked with this microcontroller family? Which is your
opinion?

They seem very interesting because they use an ARM7 core processor and
include very useful communications peripherals (ethernet MAC, usb
controller, ...)

Does anybody know if there are free developing tools:
- compiler / linker: i guess that GCC may be useful as this family uses
ARM7 cores.
- [b]programmer[/b]: it seems they have parallel and serial (jtag)
interfaces.

I want to start a project based on a AT91 uC, but I'd like to know this
first.
The most unknow thing is if there are already tools or schematics to
programm these devices.

Thanks in advance !!!


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