The new chips or shall we say multichip-modules are LPC2157 and LPC2158. Both turn out to be the two die multichip-modules combining either LPC2138 or LPC2148 with an I2C LCD controller in the same 100 pin package. Interesting approach for such a low cost product, must be NXP's answer to the AT91SAM7L series. Well, both the LPC2138 and LPC2148 are probably the best low pin count ARM7 based chips, if not the best chips in the entire LPC2000 family that NPX has so far produced. The way things are shaping up both LPC2138 and LPC2148 will be around for quite a while and we are happy to support them even in this 100 pin disguise.

Not exactly easy to see (click on the picture for bigger one) but the NXT brick does boot v2.000 runtime, although it is not yet ready for prime time (pun unintended). We have supported AT91SAM7S256 chip for quite sometime, but v2.000 is the first release that allows full support for the NXT brick. We will be releasing complete project based on customized v2.000 runtime module plus code to support all the extra hardware like LCD, buttons etc.