Lpc2000

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "charlesgrenz" <charles.grenz@s...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Rob, thanks for the seuggestion and link. I looked at that at one
> time as a cheap expansion for the 2106 and even ordered some parts to
> play with but haven't had time to try it. Time is critical on this
> project, so I was going to go the safe route and use the Microchip
> version for now. 
> 
> regards,
> Charles

Plus, you can configure the MCP23S08 pins as either input or output, 
get interrupt-on-change, set the polarity of the 'normal' state and a 
bunch of other things.  It is a really nice chip.

Richard