Lpc2000

Tom Walsh wrote:

>Robert Adsett wrote:
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>>At 08:39 AM 5/31/06 +0000, brendanmurphy37 wrote:
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>>>If you're looking for an ARM9 or similar with MMU try the Cirrus
>>>Logic EP9302 - see http://tinyurl.com/8v9ar or one of the Intel
>>>Xscale parts - see http://tinyurl.com/psbfv
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>>>Of course, it's debatable wither these are microcontrollers or not,
>>>but both have CPU, MMU, (some) memory and a peripheral set on-board.
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>>I see what you mean by debatable.  Cute looking devices but I'd want more 
>>peripherals, more memory and fewer pins.  It's a step in a good direction 
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>Yeah, I find Cirrus "intriguing", but too complex.  Humongous on-chip 
>flash is useless, only for bragging rights, when you consider how easily 
>you can slap an SD or miniSD onto the SPI circuit and end up with 
>Megabytes of hard storage.
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>Give me a 64pin package, MMU, ARM7/9 core, with about 2-4Meg of internal 
>SRAM, and an SSI port.  NOW(!) we have something to really work with: 
>Linux on a chip.
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I forgot to mention, 8..32K of boot flash would be fine.

TomW

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