Hello Mark, > 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. could you please give more details? Performance of the chip? What you have to put/create around it (VGA controllers, USB anything, connectors, ISA bus, PCB bus, etc)? I know the datasheets tell it all, but it's good to hear from who have used it in the real world. :) Thank you, Brusque ----------------------------------- Edson Brusque Research and Development C.I.Tronics Lighting Designers Ltda Blumenau - SC - Brazil www.citronics.com.br Say NO to HTML mail ----------------------------------- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.