Lpc2000

I guess that's the way to go since the biggest problem for small
manufacturers is in the 0.5mm BGA. This is not an easy chip to start
building your own product with...having a doughterbord with all
peripherals accessible could help a lot.
It's a trend in embedded PC's too where formfactors like ETX en DIMM
connector-based dougther boards are more frequently used these days.
Even in commercial products. Minor problem in this case: there's no
standard like in ETX.
As for the IO/motherboard, besides all available peripherals on the
LPC2888 it should have an ethernetcontroller(pref. 10/100). A
starterkit/evalboard can not be taken seriously without it (but that's
my opinion...)
Besides this, an evaluation board is as good as the software that
comes with it. If you want something unique, include some unique
software! There's a lot of good open source stuff available, so the
trick should be in composing a good packedge and adding some useful
drivers and documentation.

Good luck,
Frank




--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Frantz Robinson"
<frantz.robinson@...> wrote:
>
> I like that idea. 
> I was also considering another popular format with a larger (cheap)
> 2-layer board with all the I/O interfaces , regulators etc, and a small
> (not so cheap) 4 or 6 layer removable daughtercard for the CPU, core
> logic and memory, since you need that many layers for the BGA's anyways.
> I've seen a few like that using SO-DIMM connectors for the "core" card,
> but I'm not sure how many people feel comfortable prototyping their own
> system card with the SO-DIMM interface on it. Any opinions on that ?
> 
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Frantz R
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bigakisgr [mailto:bigakisgr@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:03 PM
> > To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [lpc2000] Re: help define a LPC2888 demo board and you can
> get
> > one free!
> > 
> > I preffer identical in size "sub-boards"/modules in a larger board,
> > connected through jumper cables. A plus is the possibility to separate
> > (break) the modules and stack them, or leave them apart if not needed.
> > The initial setup could contain a 6 Modules:CPU Module,Power Supply
> > module, RS232+USB module,RAM/Flash module,LCD Module,Keys+LED module.
> > I like this design because it helps me focus to specific parts when
> > learning the architecture, and when i am familiar i can easily extend
> > the kit or use the CPU module to test a completely new design.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Frantz Robinson"
> > <frantz.robinson@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Everyone,
> > >
> > > I'll try to keep this brief but perhaps a little intro is in order.
> > >
> > > I am one of the many 'lurkers' on the list quietly learning from all
> > > your valuable contributions here, but alas I have little time for
> active
> > > experimentation so I've been mostly quiet. Having done ARM designs
> in
> > > the past, I am of course a huge fan of this architecture and
> especially
> > > Philips's incarnation of it.
> > >
> > > I am an 'X' design engineer, but I find myself now with the
> > > responsibility to help market these parts for a large global
> distributor
> > > (Future) on behalf of Philips. One of the things we try to do here
> to
> > > help our customers and train our FAE's in supporting them, is come
> up
> > > with unique demo boards for key technologies like the LPC2K, and we
> have
> > > been tossing around board concepts for some time, but now that this
> is
> > > closer to actual execution I'd like to get your valuable insights to
> > > help us come up with something truly unique and useful.  There are a
> lot
> > > of very good boards available from many sources, so for this to be
> > > worthwhile, it needs to be sufficiently different from those - no
> sense
> > > in re-inventing the wheel.
> > >
> > > So my question to you is:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To be most useful to you, how should the demo/eval board be
> designed;
> > > what interfaces, peripheral components, external memory if any, form
> > > factor, etc, etc should it support?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What Philips ARM part would you most like to see supported? ( I'm
> > > proposing LPC2888- do you agree? )
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How would you use this board ? (what invention / design would it
> allow
> > > you to create?)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To make this worthwhile, I will take all your submissions and draw 5
> > > winners who will receive the resulting board for free, courtesy of
> > > Future Electronics and Philips.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Frantz Robinson,
> > >
> > > Technical Marketing Manager
> > >
> > > Philips Technical Champion
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