Lpc2000

Hi,

My application (a DV camcorder) requires a microprocessor to receive
an MPEG-2 stream through an 8 bit wide bus at data rates up to 15
Mbit/s and either:
    - save it to an ATA disk
    - stream it over an Ethernet connection
    - stream it over an isochronous USB2 transfer

I don't expect to implement all 3 interfaces, but I'd like to have the
throughput to implement any of them.

I like the ARM's architecture so I want to use an ARM core in my
design. I'm completely new to the platform, though. Since ARM7 cores
(in my limited knowledge) don't have a DMA controller and only a write
buffer I'm not sure they're up to the task. Development time is
scarce, so assembly code should be avoided. Running uCLinux would be
ideal as long as the core is still able to get adequate throughput.

Is the ARM7 fast enough? If not, which core would you suggest? This is
my graduation project, btw, so I can't afford platforms which require
proprietary development tools.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,

Flavio