Lpc2000

> PS,PS: just curious - could you give a "Real-Worl" example
> of an appliction for an 8-pin ARM7, where a 8-bit MCU wouldn't do??

Neuro processor that can be connected to other ARM7 neuro processors using
fast and simple serial protocol (I call it NeuroBus) in order to achieve
neural networks with unlimited number of neurons - depends on how much money
you can invest in your neural network. There should be two separate serial
communication lines. First one to connect to previous layer of neurons and
second one to connect to next layer of neurons. If NeuroBus is implemented
in hardware then you might end up with some veeeerrrryyyy fast neural
networks based on ARM7 MCUs in 8-pin package. Quartz should be integrated
on-chip. There is no need for 3.3V since 1.8V might be enough for NeuroBus
serial IO lines. Having 256 bytes of integrated EEPROM could be good
solution for saving synaptic weights - otherwise power-down will erase
current neural network training. Etc...

I just hope that someone from Philips is actually reading this :))

Regards,
Igor