Re: [tlug] Microcontrollers + linux: Digikey, ARM, NXP serial port

["Ian Wells" <ijw@example.com>]

2008/11/12 Ian Wells <ijw@example.com>:
> ARM architectures are a good RISC implementation, with mature C
> compilers and decent address space.  You'll certainly find it easier
> to program them.  But they really didn't ought to be in the same price
> league, being a modern, fast, 32-bit chip.  Jim, do you know how much
> they cost?

And to reply to myself, they really are cheap...  1,300 yen for
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=568-1890-ND
- which is a good spec and with pretty much every interface you'd
want.  The problems would be being dealing with an LQFP package, and
how many extra components you need.

-- 
Ian.