15 dollars, that's how much you need to get from fiddling with PICs and AVRs little uCU's to start forging a "real" character out of yourself. I mean in the nerdy kind of way, it will not get you a lap dance, I'm sorry, not in the area where I live anyway, but it will get you a full blown ARM9 core microprocessor with all bells and whistles you ever need to get your favorite LED switching on and off a few times. The plastic thin fine-pitch ball grid array package core runs at "hot" 266 MHz and houses up to 256MB of RAM, USB On-The-Go, floating point inbuilt coprocessor, DDR SDRAM and LCD controller with a touch screen option running up to 1024x768 pixels..(i know, i know.. i should "get a life"..). This is just a tip of the iceberg. Dive on your own here LPC32x0 Data Sheet (don't forget to wear 5mm thermal and grab a re-breather, expect to spend more than 40 minutes at depth you never thought possible..)
Yes, it is a "dreaded" ball grid.. and it's got 296 balls, pitched at .8 mm. That is way more than I've got. But fear not comrades, it is not the quantity it is the "size" that matters (don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise, they are lying either to you or to themselves..). I will see if I can come back to you on how to handle these at home. (Shmartboards are out for now, their smallest pitch for BGA is 1mm).. until than, see if you can keep your stretch out hand steady long enough without having a constant "refill".
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