Hi Igor,
I have a mate who's raving on about Sharp, have you looked at them ?
They have on-board color-BW LCD controller, PS/2 etc.
> is very painful, at least it is for me. When compared to Microchip,
dealing
> with LPC2k is like doing time in jail. Maybe I'm just spoiled
but dealing
> with 240x160x16shades-of-gray graphic LCD, RS485 network,
speech
> recognition, IrDA, ultrasonic flow meter, PMR446 radio receiver
and all of
Here's an excerpt of the Bluestreak overview :
".......
The 16/32 bit BlueStreak MCU/SoCs offer higher performance than ordinary
16-bit MCUs.
Utilizing the ARM7TDMI core with 32KB of on-chip SRAM, Color and grayscale
LCD controller,
plus three UARTs, SPI, CAN 2.0B, three 16-bit Counter/Timers, A/D
Converter, Watchdog Timer and Low Voltage Detector,
they are an excellent solution to speed-versus-cost concerns.
Applications include GPS, PDA, Printers / Copiers, Security Control Panels,
and Smart Appliances.
The 32-bit series of BlueStreak MCU/SoCs begins with the LH79520, which
combines a 32-bit ARM7TDMI RISC core
with 8KB Cache, MMU, color LCD controller, and 32KB SRAM. Also included are
a number of essential peripherals
such as a DMA Controller, Serial and Parallel Interfaces, Infrared Support,
Counter/Timers, Real Time Clock, Watchdog Timer,
Pulse Width Modulators, and an on-chip Phase Lock Loop. For more power, the
LH7A400 and LH7A404 SoCs build on this basic
feature set with ARM9 cores and add highly-desired functionality like USB
and MMC.
With their high performance and integration, the 32-bit BlueStreak devices
are a great choice as a basis for handheld devices
like GPS, Games, PDAs, Pocket PCs, and Media Players.
......"
;
Seems they're parts w/o on-board program memory though, I haven't
looked
close enough.
-- Kris