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> I'm about to drop $60 on an lpc1768 I usually buy them at ~$3 a piece...

• bluefinity 12y ago
  He means the demo board: http://www.nxp.com/demoboard/OM11043.html http://www.nxp.com/demoboard/OM11043.html
• eric_bullington 12y ago
  Yeah, I should have specified the eval board, which includes peripherals. This Zinc project already has support for several of the peripherals, including a few TFT drivers, which I want to be able to try out. I don't always buy eval boards -- if a chip comes in a DIP package, I've just breadboarded it in the past. As a hobbyist, I haven't yet tried to build a breakout board for any SMT-mounted chips, but it's on my todo list. The one I'm looking at (by RioRand) is not a bad deal, since it actually includes a 2.8 inch TFT on the board as well as Ethernet interface. But I did consider just buying the chip and breadboarding it. I may still do that and buy the LCD separately. $60 would indeed be expensive for the chip alone.
  • omgtehlion 12y ago
    BTW, you cand find cheaper boards or with more peripherals from China, just check out eBay or aliexpress
    • eric_bullington 12y ago
      Yeah, I know I can probably get the eval board a bit cheaper -- I've bought chips from China on ebay and frequently look at TFT LCD displays on aliexpress while dreaming of a commercial product I'd love to do some day. But in this case, I don't want to wait 2-4 weeks for delivery. The RioRand will be here in 2 days since it's on Amazon Prime.