Content originally posted in LPCWare by LarryP on Mon Apr 12 04:59:08 MST 2010
@bytethedust:
I agree that NXP *should* be putting effort into the LPC1xxx roadmap. What I find most puzzling is that such information is not more *publicized* -- and thus :confused:more easily found.
In my case, this is not mere curiosity; I've been told by my management that they don't want to commit to yet another processor family (however nice the features are), without seeing a clear roadmap of future products and timeline (or, at least, a sequence.)
I think this is a good family, otherwise I wouldn't spend my time on it, but the lack of publicized info on future products/support is IMHO, limiting its adoption. Why NXP hasn't done this, nor responded in their own forum remains a mystery to me. I've also sent the same query to NXP tech support.
If anybody reading this has seen such info, please post a link.
Thanks,
Larry
Quote: bytethedust
I would find it very surprising if NXP were not putting a lot of effort into the roadmap for all of their Cortex-M parts. They are all relatively new (even the Cortex-M3 parts have been shipping for less than 18 months), so it is not surprising they haven't announced much in the way of roadmaps. The Cortex-M0 has been shipping for less than 6 months, so I guess they are still focused on getting those parts into the market and finding what customers are really going to use them for.
I see that the M0, M3 and M4 parts are going to be aimed at different market segments (the cores have different capabilities, memory, and power requirements, so I doubt they would be favoring one family over another.
Just my 2c.
