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> Though as far as I'm aware there's no inherent reason for this - apart from cost. Cost and size. The bread-and-butter market for ARM is consumer electronic
by bunderbunder 14y ago
> Though as far as I'm aware there's no inherent reason for this - apart from cost.
Cost and size. The bread-and-butter market for ARM is consumer electronic devices, where size really matters. Other chip packaging that's easier for hobbyists to work with would be a huge waste of space by comparison.
There are some ARM chips available in DIP packages, but I suspect that selection will always be relatively limited, since demand will always be relatively limited.
- guan 14y agoThe ARM chips available in DIP packages are microcontrollers that you are more likely to see in a toy or gadget than a general purpose or multimedia computer. In embedded systems where they are used, you probably can't swap them out for another part anyway because of code changes needed, different pinouts, etc.