True on the power consumption, but I was told yesterday a new family of very low power, comparible to Coolrunner, is out by the end of the year. Should be interesting William Chops Westfield wrote: On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:31 AM, alan smith wrote: > has a new FPGA ... FPGAs do not generally have the low current consumption of a micro with built-in LCD controller. Or rather, a significant subset of micros with built in LCD support are specifically designed for low power consumption (battery power devices.) Does it have to be an ARM? The MSP430 series being discussed in another thread includes devices with LCD controllers, and they ARE aimed at (very) low power applications. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist