Disc reader project -- quick status update

[Chuck Guzis]

On 7 Dec 2009 at 17:59, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:

>     I've done a single sided board using atmega 128 and soldered it
>     myself. 
> It is easy if you learn how to do.

I do it myself.  But it's not something the average hobbyist with 
perhaps a month's worth of knowing which end of a soldering iron is 
hot is likely to pull off successfully.

PTH PCBs tend to be more expensive than SMT-oriented ones, but any 
idiot can assemble one of those.  Decades of Heathkits have 
demonstrated that.

>     Noooooo :( Keep the work with AVR! :D 

Have you looked at the latest NXP Cortex offerings?  50MHz 32-bit ARM 
and very inexpensive ($1).  At least that's what NXP says. 

http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_1642.html

--Chuck