Lpc2000

Those look pretty neat and easy, but really it's not a tough task soldering 
.5mm QFP on your own.  For any surface mount components it's extremely 
useful to have a nice binocular microscope, around the 7x magnification 
range.  One on a boom is much better.  Once you have that, it's pretty easy 
to do all SM work, check for shorts, etc.  Even without it's not terribly 
difficult, but you'll need some sort of magnifying glass to at least check 
the work.  Placement isn't difficult either, especially once you've done a 
few and know the tricks.  I'd probably say that 99% of all experienced 
electrical engineers CAN solder 0.5mm QFP on their own, not the other way 
around.

Considering how you can get a prototype double sided board made for like 
$30 USD (roughly 4"x6" in size), you may be better off designing a module 
yourself with all required supporting circuitry (osc, regulators, caps, 
rs232, usb, etc) that can be reused for multiple projects, you can likely 
get 4 modules out of a single 4"x6" sheet.  Just a thought.

-- Sean

At 05:07 PM 12/30/2005, you wrote:
>I have a couple of LPC2148, thanks to EXCELLENT Phillips sample program.
>
>I don't want to build a specific project right now, so i prefer to
>solder them to a generic proto-board, and use this board to experiment.
>
>Searching on the net, i found SchmartBoards 
>(<http://www.schmartboard.com/)>http://www.schmartboard.com/)
>They say that even a 10-year old can solder a .5mm QFP.
>
>Have anyone of you tried SchmartBoards, or have a better advice?