Lpc2000

A little additional info why the focus on the PLCC44 package. It is 
cost and cost.  The resale price of a PLCC52 device would be more 
than 30 cent higher than that of a PLCC44. Most of our customers, so 
most of you would probably think that 8 pins difference will not 
make a big difference in price, well your judgement.  For us, 30 
cent is a very big difference considering that the average price of 
the LPC2101/2/3 is below $2, that is more than 15% price increase.

It is all about which package is used in how many millions already 
within the company. We have many devices in a PLCC44 but very few in 
a PLCC52. So we get a much better price for the PLCC44, so do you. 

By ignoring my own rules and in part because of the input from the 
group I checked with our engineering team and there is a good chance 
that the impact of a 44-pin will be very little. For example based 
on an input here, I checked what the RTCK is used for and the answer 
was, not needed in our enviroment, neither do most of the JTAG 
debuggers use it, so there was the candidate for one side. Pin 39 
was the favorite of the poll here as well, that is most likely going 
to be another one. 

For the other 2 pins we might have a chance to consolidate power 
pins. Will tell you by the end of the week after the meetings with 
the chip designers are finished. 

Hope you enjoy this interaction and the looks behind the scenes, 
definitely I do enjoy your input and the discussions on this forum!

Thank you all for the feedback already and feel free to provide 
more. 

Robert

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, lpc2000@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 
> Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the 
> lpc2000 group:
> 
> What package yould you prefer for the new LPC2000 family 
> devices?
> 
> Note:  I have no influence whatsoever over what Philips does, 
> and I have no indication that they would consider the results 
> of this survey... 
> 
>   o LQFP-48 
>   o PLCC-44 with less functionality (see previous poll) 
>   o PLCC-52 (a bit larger, but well supported) 
> 
> 
> To vote, please visit the following web page:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2000/surveys?id=12144986 
> 
> Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are 
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> 
> Thanks!