Lpc2000

Hi Igor,

I have a mate who's raving on about Sharp, have you looked at them ?

They have on-board color-BW LCD controller, PS/2 etc.

> is very painful, at least it is for me. When compared to Microchip, dealing
> with LPC2k is like doing time in jail. Maybe I'm just spoiled but dealing
> with 240x160x16shades-of-gray graphic LCD, RS485 network, speech
> recognition, IrDA, ultrasonic flow meter, PMR446 radio receiver and all of

Here's an excerpt of the Bluestreak overview :

".......

The 16/32 bit BlueStreak MCU/SoCs offer higher performance than ordinary 16-bit MCUs.

Utilizing the ARM7TDMI core with 32KB of on-chip SRAM, Color and grayscale LCD controller,

plus three UARTs, SPI, CAN 2.0B, three 16-bit Counter/Timers, A/D Converter, Watchdog Timer and Low Voltage Detector,

they are an excellent solution to speed-versus-cost concerns.

Applications include GPS, PDA, Printers / Copiers, Security Control Panels, and Smart Appliances.

The 32-bit series of BlueStreak MCU/SoCs begins with the LH79520, which combines a 32-bit ARM7TDMI RISC core

with 8KB Cache, MMU, color LCD controller, and 32KB SRAM. Also included are a number of essential peripherals

such as a DMA Controller, Serial and Parallel Interfaces, Infrared Support, Counter/Timers, Real Time Clock, Watchdog Timer,

Pulse Width Modulators, and an on-chip Phase Lock Loop. For more power, the LH7A400 and LH7A404 SoCs build on this basic

feature set with ARM9 cores and add highly-desired functionality like USB and MMC.

With their high performance and integration, the 32-bit BlueStreak devices are a great choice as a basis for handheld devices

like GPS, Games, PDAs, Pocket PCs, and Media Players.

......"

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Seems they're parts w/o on-board program memory though, I haven't looked

close enough.

-- Kris