On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:47:27 -0400, you wrote:

>What I really like about the PIC is that I can literally take a chip,
>stick it into a breadboard, attach it to a PICKIT2 and program it in a
>few seconds. From start to finish (blinking an LED) in a few minutes.
>Literally. I also like the price range (under $10), the fact that they
>can be obtained in DIP packages, require few external components, easy
>to program and use, and have enough flash, RAM, and peripherals.
>
>Can anyone recommend an ARM chip that can do all that? More specifically:
>* Very easy to prototype with
>* Easy to program
>* Requires few support components
>* Low price
>* DIP package
>* A good amount of flash and RAM - above 32 K flash and 8 K RAM

Forget about the DIP package. the world has moved on.

I'd suggest  the NXP LPC1313

DIP module available - http://uk.farnell.com/nxp/om11048/kit-dev-lpcxpresso=
-lpc1343/dp/1777673
 2 wire debug interface
On-chip 1% oscillator
32K flash, 8K RAM
Good selection of peripherals, including FIFOs on SPI and UART, PWM on time=
rs etc.
Free commercial quality compiler/debug environment (IAR EWARM Kickstart ver=
sion, code-limit 32K)

Only minor downside is no on-chip EEPROM, though you can use the self-progr=
amming flash for
infrequently chnaged stuff.

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