Lpc2000

Hi Karl,
recently listened to a short presentation at the ARM developpers forum
about Cortex. Cortex is suppossed to be the microcontroller core of
the future from ARM. It is smaller, less power, supports Thumb2 but
can not run existing ARM or Thumb code (needs recompile). 
So, there are many advantages but it will take at least 1-2 years for
the first devices to arrive with this core. 
ARM will remain ARM but they try to stop "numbering" the cores like
ARM7, ARM9, they start giving them names like Cortex. 
Hope this clarifies the Cortex - ARM confusion.
Cheers, Bob

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "karldalen" <karldalen@y...> wrote:
> 
> Is it safe to use the NC pins as bypass
> for other signals routed on the PCB?
> Can it disturbe due to a supposed short 
> lenght antenna function into the chip?
> 
> Have anyone seen SPI driven 2 by 16 LCD
> "chip on glas" (no piggy back) modules,
> cheap, easy, neat and dandy available in
> europe?
> 
> Are the X2 buffer output capable to drive
> one HC/LV input wihtout screwing up the
> frequency or skewing clock edges?
> 
> Heard in the grape wine:
> ARM is changing name to Cortex and in 
> action of the course lobotymng them selfs
> by doing so!!
> 
> Reg
> KD