I did a design with a ZFLinux MachZ SOC-MZP-Q-1, which is under $50.  The
developer documentation and everything was great.  The only issue with
getting it on a PCB is the fact that it's a BGA package, which my company
doesn't have in-house facilities to mount, so we had to send them out.

-Mark

At 09:03 PM 2/13/02 -0300, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
> > Cool, smart move.  ;-)  It will work good.  I actually saw a board on the
> > internet recently (strongarm processor I believe) that actually had a UDMA
> > IDE controller on board and an actual reserved area on the circuit board
>for
> > attaching a hard drive.  Of course, it's way expensive, but ideal for an
>mp3
> > player.
>
>     while we're on the MOBOs and CPUs subject, someone here knows prices and
>stuff about the ZFLinux CPUs series? It seens to be very good, but have
>someone used it actually? How much each processor costs? How hard it's to
>actually put it on a PCB?
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Brusque
>
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