Lpc2000

Hi, 

> I suppose the next question is when? 

Well, I already have samples, so when is probably very soon.

> And how much?

No idea.

> I must admit to shying away from ARM9 as I thought that you 
> always got the MMU and that, unfortunately, was going to open 
> the doors for the software engineers to go completely 
> crazy... It looks like the ARM966E-S dosen't lead you down 
> that path but gives you some nice performance improvements.

Some ARM9s require the MMU to be enabled to get a cache IIRC.  This ARM9
is an ARM9 without the baggage that normally comes with it.  Certainly
more real, and I would say more useful, than an LPC3000 for regular
embedded apps.

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Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd   http://www.rowley.co.uk 
CrossWorks for ARM, MSP430, AVR, MAXQ, and now Cortex-M3 processors