Three month ago I ordered a TI Stellaris Development board (aka evalbot) for 25$, 100$ off the original price. I had no idea if it actually was going to arrive, but earlier today it did.
TI (or fedex?) apparently don’t know how to handle non-ascii characters, so fedex called me this morning to ask for my real address.
Just because I have no idea what to do with it, I decided to do an unboxing, images follow.
![Evalbot shipping box
The box the evalbot arrived in](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03434-thumb.jpg)
![Box filling
There were a whole bunch of packaging material.](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03435-thumb.jpg)
There were two boxes inside the evalbot-box, inside the packaging box, alas there were two boxes in the box in the box.
![The evalbot box
A box in the box](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03436-thumb.jpg)
![Boxes in boxes
With two boxes](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03437-thumb.jpg)
![The box content
The hardware contents](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03438-thumb.jpg)
![The contents of the software box
The software contents](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03439-thumb.jpg)
Content of the software box:
- A cord
- Four AA batteries
- A bunch of screws and other random stuff
![The actual evalbot
The actual evalbot! Most stuff is already mounted.](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03440-thumb.jpg)
![The evalbots connection
A whole bunch of connections](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03446-thumb.jpg)
![The evalbot
A better picture of the evalbot](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03445-thumb.jpg)
![Evalbot chip and display
The evalbot main chip (I guess) and the display](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03447-thumb.jpg)
![The main chip on the evalbot
A closeup of the main chip.](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03448-thumb.jpg)
![Evalbot backside
The backside of the evalbot, not much interesting](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03449-thumb.jpg)
![Evalbot backside
The backside of the evalbot, not much interesting](/images/2011-02-00/2011_02_00_dsc03449-thumb.jpg)
So, thats it, now I only need to figure out how to use it :)