Lpc2000

Thanks for the replies on this. I'm a software engineer learning hardware...

But the suggestion:

"On the chip side, fan out all the traces at least 1 cm away from the 
chip, terminating at vias...consider the vias to be the start of your 
routing, not the pins on the chip. "

Would actually make some of the vias off the board!! - 

I will certainly add some capacitors - I should be able to get at least 3 under the chip.

Owen