Lpc2000

Rick <rfarmer@...> schrieb am Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:48:25 -0700:

>  I was pleased to see the announcement of the 2101/2/3. What it means to
> me is that there is little reason to use an 8-bitter in a new design any
> more. I've been watching the ARM uC field develop for the last few years
> I've recently decided that the LPC2xxx will do nicely as my next
> bread-n-butter processor. However, on the low end the need for an
> external 1.8V regulator, external reset, and clock add another buck to

I'd like to see a Philips application note, about the simplest way to
build such a system. E.g. no 1.8V regulator but just a voltage divider
(not sure if this is the right term).

> the BOM. If you look at the low end 8-pin AVRs and PICs 8-bitters they
> have all three built in. IMHO, that's half of their charm.

IHMO also, uC cost is not everything. I guess most of the design out there
are still 5V TTL designs.

-- 
42Bastian Schick