TI has an online "workshop" for the Stellaris Launchpad, which I thought wa= s unusually good (especially with the written material that matches up wit= h the videos), if somewhat painful in its excruciating detail=85 ("Take th= e board out of its box" was about "step 25") http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Getting_Started_with_the_Stellaris_= EK-LM4F120XL_LaunchPad_Workshop?DCMP=3DStellaris&HQS=3Dstellarislaunchpadwo= rkshop NRND status on the CM3 cpus is indeed troubling. BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .