Lpc2000

Michael Rubitschka wrote:

>Yesterday I got my XMas Tree.
>And I must really confess I like it.
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Christmas is now complete; my tree arrived today :-)

>Also till now I routed "eval" boards myself.
>I am not willing to spend f.e. 1k $ for a LPC 3000 board.
>This is simply crazy. I would be really interested what kind
>of bells & whistles they added to justify this kind of price.
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I could not find anything special on the board but I understood from a 
collegue that these kind of boards are expensive to create.
Remember, the LPC3000 is a BGA device.

>On the other hand companies like emb. artists let me
>reconsider my strategy.
>I think I will soon buy a "real" board from them.
>The price is really fair and the boards are interesting.
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You will defenitely love the boards. I've got the 2106, 2138 and 2148 
boards, with prototype boards (for these prices I cannot even create a 
breadboard solution).
The current prototype board needs extra 'spacers' between board and 
module, otherwise the DB9 connector on the lpc21xx module in in the way.

I did not like this way of mounting so I removed the DB9 connector from 
the lpc module and placed the second connector on the prototype board.
Two wires route the Rx/Tx signals to the module, the generation of the 
Reset and P0.14 signals using RTS/DTR is already on the board.
Look at http://www.myvoice.nl/electronics/ for a small description and 
some photo's

I just received their newest design: a prototype of the education board. 
This is a nice board for students or as hands on board for a programming 
workshop.

Merry XMas,

    Rob