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Offline firewalkerTopic starter

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LPC1114, 600 mil to 300 mil...
« on: November 02, 2012, 01:19:37 pm »
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Re: LPC1114, 600 mil to 300 mil...
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 01:51:58 pm »
Shows how small the die actually is.
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Re: LPC1114, 600 mil to 300 mil...
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2012, 03:26:45 pm »
Then why didn't they made it directly 300mil instead of 600mil?
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Re: LPC1114, 600 mil to 300 mil...
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2012, 03:46:24 pm »
Cost, possibly. Compatibility with other ICs, maybe.
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Re: LPC1114, 600 mil to 300 mil...
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2012, 04:37:45 pm »
Quote from: shebu18 on November 02, 2012, 03:26:45 pm
Then why didn't they made it directly 300mil instead of 600mil?
Probably to allow more routing space on the single layer PCBs typically used in the sort of consumer apps they're targetting, which are often not size constrained due to front panel layouts etc., but routing constrained to keep it on one layer.
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